Category Archives: World

Prosecutors to consider charges in Australian woman's death
MINNEAPOLIS - The case of a Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman in July has been handed over to prosecutors for possible charges, authorities announced Tuesday. It’...
Sep 12, 2017

UK engineers launch 'sewer war' against giant fat blob
LONDON - British engineers say they have launched a “sewer war” against a giant fat blob clogging London’s sewers. Thames Water officials said Tuesday it is likely to take three week...
Sep 12, 2017
Vermont police seek panda-costume wearing theft suspect
WILLISTON, Vt. - A Vermont police department is asking for help identifying a suspect wearing a panda costume believed to have stolen an airsoft rifle from a sports store. Williston police say the cos...
Sep 12, 2017
Apple unveils $999 iPhone X with facial recognition
CUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple has broken the $1,000 barrier with its latest, and most expensive, phone, the iPhone X. With a price starting at $999 and a host of new features, the phone will be a big test...
Sep 12, 2017

Kid Rock opens Detroit arena with no political announcement
DETROIT - In the end, the political aspirations of musician Kid Rock were not laid bare Tuesday night before thousands of screaming fans when the rocker performed the first of six concerts at a new sp...
Sep 12, 2017
Europe leaders answer anger over Irma response in Caribbean
Wrapping up a sweeping visit to the destroyed island of St. Martin, France’s president responded to anger that his government didn’t do enough to handle Hurricane Irma’s wrath and pr...
Sep 12, 2017

After Irma, reverse migration back to Florida begins
ATLANTA - With Irma having weakened into inland rainstorms, Floridians are beginning a mass migration back to a battered, water-logged state where millions remains without power. But traffic maps, soc...
Sep 12, 2017
Social media gets the word out during Irma emergency
ATLANTA - Worried relatives, generous volunteers, frantic neighbours, even medical providers are turning to social media now that Hurricane Irma wiped out electricity and cell service to communities a...
Sep 12, 2017

With ground still soaked, Florida town works on recovery
SWEETWATER, Fla. - A grinding chorus of chain saws and generators kicked in quickly after Hurricane Irma’s roar left Sweetwater, a small, mostly Spanish-speaking town west of Miami where streets...
Sep 12, 2017

Aleppo still badly scarred by war, months after rebel defeat
ALEPPO, Syria - “Aleppo is in my eyes,” says a billboard depicting President Bashar Assad looking out over two men and a boy repaving the main Saadallah al-Jabiri Square - once a front lin...
Sep 12, 2017