Category Archives: World
Investigators cite Tesla Autopilot limits in fatal crash
WASHINGTON - Design limitations of the Tesla Model S’s Autopilot played a major role in the first known fatal crash of a highway vehicle operating under automated control systems, the National T...
Sep 12, 2017
French president to visit Caribbean islands hit by Irma
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron will visit French Caribbean islands hammered by Hurricane Irma where residents have criticized the government for not doing enough to prepare them for the storm’...
Sep 12, 2017
Saakashvili to face court hearing over border crossing
LVIV, Ukraine - Former Odesa governor Mikhail Saakashvili has been served legal notice by Ukrainian authorities after the stateless politician forced his way across the border from Poland, a move that...
Sep 12, 2017
Complaints about festival's cold pizza prompt state inquiry
NEW YORK - Some New York City foodies say a neighbourhood pizza festival has left them with a bad taste in their mouths. Prosecutors are looking into the New York City Pizza Festival after attendees f...
Sep 12, 2017
Irma whips Southeast: 3 dead in Georgia, 1 in South Carolina
ATLANTA - Irma weakened to a still-deadly tropical storm as it swirled beyond Florida Monday, killing at least three people in Georgia, flooding the coast, sending trees crashing onto homes and forcin...
Sep 12, 2017
4 dead, 6 missing in floods and landslides in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines - A tropical depression dumped heavy rain on the Philippines on Tuesday, flooding metropolitan Manila and nearby provinces and causing landslides and flash floods that killed at le...
Sep 12, 2017
FEMA estimates 25 per cent of Florida Keys homes are gone
LOWER MATECUMBE KEY, Fla. - With 25 per cent of the homes in the Florida Keys feared destroyed, emergency workers Tuesday rushed to find Hurricane Irma’s victims - dead or alive - and deliver fo...
Sep 12, 2017
'Pinocchio,' 'Fantasia' animator 'X' Atencio dead at 98
LOS ANGELES - Xavier “X” Atencio, an animator behind early Disney movies including “Pinocchio” and “Fantasia” and “imagineer” behind beloved Disneyland ...
Sep 11, 2017
Movie about marathon bombing survivor premiering at hospital
BOSTON - The U.S. premiere of a film chronicling the story of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman is taking place at the hospital where he and others who were injured in the 2013 deadly attac...
Sep 11, 2017
Minnesota Commerce Department recommends against Line 3 plan
MINNEAPOLIS - Enbridge Energy has failed to establish the need for its proposal to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota and it might be better to just shut down the ex...
Sep 11, 2017