Category Archives: World
Fire blocks lone exit to Malaysian school dormitory; 23 dead
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A fire that blocked the only exit to an Islamic school dormitory killed 23 people, mostly teenagers, on the outskirts of Malaysia’s largest city early Thursday, official...
Sep 13, 2017
Prosecutor: Former rap mogul's girlfriend sold video
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors say Marion “Suge” Knight’s girlfriend and a business partner violated a court order by selling surveillance video of the rap mogul running down two men in h...
Sep 13, 2017
Kaepernick, others speak out in support of Seahawks' Bennett
NEW YORK - Athletes and activists including former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick showed their support Wednesday for Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, who says he was s...
Sep 13, 2017
Seniors fight post-hurricane heat with Popsicles, compresses
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Florida seniors were ushered out of stifling assisted-living centres Thursday while caregivers fought a lack of air conditioning with Popsicles and cool compresses after eight people...
Sep 13, 2017
Correction: Marines-Training Accident story
SAN DIEGO - In stories Sept. 14 and Sept. 13 about a training accident at a California Marine Corps base, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the vehicle when it caught fire. A M...
Sep 13, 2017
Pathologist suspected of drunken driving toted human organs
INDIANAPOLIS - Authorities in central Indiana say a pathologist arrested on suspicion of drunken driving had human organs and tissues in his pickup truck when he was pulled over along a rural highway....
Sep 13, 2017
Engine problems caused copter crash that killed Troy Gentry
MEDFORD, N.J. - Engine problems caused a helicopter crash last week that killed Montgomery Gentry singer Troy Gentry and the pilot, according to a preliminary report issued Wednesday by the National T...
Sep 13, 2017
Spy museum's newest: axe used on Trotsky, parts of Powers' U2
WASHINGTON - H. Keith Melton spent 40 years looking for the ice-climbing axe used in the bloody assassination of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. It had been sitting under a bed in Mexico City for ...
Sep 13, 2017
Grave humour: House next to cemetery has 'quiet neighbours'
DEWITT, Mich. - How’s this for curb appeal: A Michigan real estate agent selling a house next to a cemetery is promoting it with a sign that says “quiet neighbours.” Shane Broyles sa...
Sep 13, 2017
Officials: Student killed confronting shooter at high school
ROCKFORD, Wash. - A student who opened fire in a hallway at a Washington state high school killed a classmate who confronted him Wednesday and wounded three others before being stopped by a custodian,...
Sep 13, 2017