Category Archives: World
Defence chief says US must keep all 3 parts of nuclear force
MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. - Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday he has become convinced that the United States must keep all three parts of its nuclear force, rather than eliminate one, as he...
Sep 13, 2017
Ohio executes man convicted of back-to-back 1992 killings
LUCASVILLE, Ohio - A man convicted of killing two people in back-to-back robberies in suburban Cleveland in 1992 was executed Wednesday as family members of his victims looked on. The prison system an...
Sep 13, 2017
Irma spawns unusual storm surges on both Florida coasts
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Hurricane Irma’s devastating storm surge came with weird twists that scientists attribute to the storm’s girth, path and some geographic quirks. A combination of storm...
Sep 13, 2017
Tampa dodged Irma's worst, but still at risk and unprepared
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - As monster Hurricane Irma buzz-sawed its way up Florida’s Gulf Coast, it looked for several hours like the heavily populated Tampa Bay area could face catastrophic wind da...
Sep 13, 2017
US Virgin Islands getting aid, but still reeling from Irma
ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands - The last of the late-summer tourists were gone Wednesday from the U.S. Virgin Islands, ferried away from the wreckage of Hurricane Irma in cruise ships bound for Puerto Ri...
Sep 13, 2017
Hurricane's strike brought particular risks to the oldest
ATLANTA - Like clockwork, stories of suffering by the oldest residents in the line of hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and other natural disasters seem to follow. Regulations dictate nursing homes and ot...
Sep 13, 2017
What to do when a hurricane blows away your vacation plans
What do you do when a hurricane blows away your vacation plans? The Associated Press asked Pauline Frommer of Frommers.com and the Frommer travel guidebook series for advice. WHERE TO START Frommer sa...
Sep 13, 2017
S. Korea conducts cruise missile drill amid N. Korea threats
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea said Wednesday it had conducted its first live-fire drill for an advanced air-launched cruise missile that would strengthen its pre-emptive strike capability ag...
Sep 13, 2017
EU chief says bloc 'bouncing back' after crisis-hit decade
BRUSSELS - The European Union is in a healthier economic state than it’s been for more than a decade and is ready to move on from Brexit, the bloc’s top official said Wednesday. Addressing...
Sep 13, 2017
As Rohingya flee Myanmar, leader Suu Kyi skips UN meeting
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh - Facing global condemnation for weeks of violence that has driven minority Rohingya to flee - a crisis U.N. officials have described as “ethnic cleansing” - ...
Sep 13, 2017