Category Archives: World

O'Reilly says his ouster was hit job and business decision
NEW YORK - Bill O’Reilly said Tuesday that his firing from Fox News Channel in April was a “political hit job” and that his network’s parent company made a business decision to...
Sep 19, 2017

Trump's lawyer to publicly testify in Senate next month
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s lawyer will return to Capitol Hill for a public hearing next month after the Senate intelligence committee abruptly cancelled a closed-door staff interview ...
Sep 19, 2017
Man charged in road-rage killing of child found competent
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas man charged with first-degree murder in the road-rage killing of a 3-year-old boy has been found mentally competent. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports a judge on Mo...
Sep 19, 2017
Under fire over Rohingya, Suu Kyi defends Myanmar actions
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar - With a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims sparking accusations of ethnic cleansing from the United Nations and others, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday said her country doe...
Sep 19, 2017
Thousands of Haitians find 'Mexican dream' near US border
TIJUANA, Mexico - Jose Luis Millan found a new crop of star employees at an upscale Tijuana car wash where customers cross the border from the U.S. to pay up to $950 to have their prized possessions s...
Sep 19, 2017

St. Louis faith leaders urge peace, justice amid turmoil
ST. LOUIS - Leaders of several faiths on Tuesday called for peace and justice amid the turmoil that followed the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the 2011 death of a black man. ...
Sep 19, 2017
Officer who shot Ga Tech student had been on job 16 months
ATLANTA - The officer who fatally shot a Georgia Tech student had been with the campus police department for about 16 months, according to state records. Officer Tyler Beck shot and killed Scout Schul...
Sep 19, 2017

Trial to begin for pharmacist charged in meningitis outbreak
BOSTON - A Massachusetts pharmacist facing murder charges for his role in a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak is set to go on trial. Glenn Chin is charged with second-degree murder, conspiracy and...
Sep 19, 2017

For a new Key West resident, Irma was her welcome-to-town
KEY LARGO, Fla. - Prudence Duchene will never forget the day she moved to Key West. It was Aug. 30 - the day a storm brewing in the Atlantic got named Irma. Duchene, 22, was actually waiting to board ...
Sep 19, 2017

Veteran who fought library attacker among 18 Carnegie Heroes
PITTSBURGH - An Army veteran who fended off a mentally ill man who tried to attack a chess class the veteran was teaching at an Illinois public library is one of 18 people being honoured with Carnegie...
Sep 19, 2017