Category Archives: World

LOS ANGELES - Judy Sheindlin, better known as Judge Judy, is funding a space for public debate at the University of Southern California. The forum, which was to be unveiled Tuesday night, will host th...

WASHINGTON - Senate Republican and Democratic bargainers reached agreement late Tuesday to extend financing for the children’s health insurance program for five years, a pact that if approved wo...

CARACAS, Venezuela - The government and opposition leaders said Tuesday they would send representatives in response to an invitation from the Dominican Republic to explore the possibility of resuming ...

TEMPE, Ariz. - The 21-year-old son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is accused of holding his roommate at knifepoint at their apartment in suburban Phoenix. Tempe police say Nicholas Van Varenberg was a...

LIMA, Peru - A ballerina from a wealthy Peruvian family who gave shelter to the leader of the brutal Shining Path insurgency has been freed after completing a 25-year sentence. Maritza Garrido’s...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to maintain its restrictive policy on refugees. The justices on Tuesday agreed to an administration request to block a lower court r...

WASHINGTON - Two more Americans have been confirmed to be affected by unexplained health attacks against U.S. diplomats in Cuba, the United States said Tuesday, raising the total number of victims to ...

NEW YORK - Sports radio personality Craig Carton has spoken out on Twitter, vowing to defeat fraud charges and return “stronger than ever.” The host of WFAN’s “Boomer and Carto...

MOSCOW - Russia’s largest operator of movie theatres says it has decided not to screen a film about the love affair between Russia’s last czar and a ballerina because of safety concerns in...

MADRID - Police in Barcelona said a false alarm involving a suspicious van prompted the evacuation of the landmark Sagrada Familia basilica and its surroundings Tuesday evening. A spokesman with the M...