Category Archives: World
'This is your last chance': Irma puts a bull's-eye on Tampa
NAPLES, Fla. - Hurricane Irma’s leading edges whipped palm trees and kicked up the surf as it spun toward Florida with 125 mph winds Saturday on a projected new track that could subject Tampa - ...
Sep 09, 2017
Country star Don Williams, 'the Gentle Giant,' dead at 78
NASHVILLE - Don Williams, an award-winning country singer with love ballads like “I Believe in You,” has died. He was 78. A statement from his publicist Kirt Webster said he died Friday af...
Sep 08, 2017
Irma-interrupted trip becomes mystery 'cruise to nowhere'
MIAMI - When they first boarded the Norwegian Escape a week ago, passengers knew exactly where they were going. Now they have no idea. The cruise ship, with about 4,000 guests on board, departed from ...
Sep 08, 2017
In book, Clinton admits mistakes, casts blame for 2016 loss
NEW YORK - In a candid and pointed new book, Hillary Clinton relives her stunning defeat to Donald Trump, admitting to personal mistakes and defending campaign strategy even as her return to the stage...
Sep 08, 2017
Alums invited to stay at Penn State frat where pledge died
Alumni of a now-banned Penn State fraternity where a pledge was fatally injured after an alcohol-related hazing ritual have notified members that the house is available for them to stay at during home...
Sep 08, 2017
Obama surprises students with visit to DC school
WASHINGTON - Former President Barack Obama shocked students at a Washington school Friday by popping in to give them encouragement at the beginning of the new year. “I do believe that most of th...
Sep 08, 2017
US steps up Qatar crisis diplomacy, lauds Kuwait's mediation
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Friday ramped up diplomatic efforts to help resolve Qatar’s crisis with its Arab neighbours, which risks implications for America’s military presen...
Sep 08, 2017
Nowhere will be safe: Can scary words save public from Irma?
WASHINGTON - Catastrophic, life-threatening, extremely dangerous. Scary? Forecasters hope so. The National Weather Service are using as fearful words as they can, on purpose, to warn people about Hurr...
Sep 08, 2017
'Water is rushing in': Discovery of body ends Harvey mystery
With Harvey’s floodwaters rapidly flowing into the Houston hotel where she worked, Jill Renick reportedly made a frantic cellphone call to a fellow employee: “I’m in an elevator. The...
Sep 08, 2017
US monuments to Spanish conquest facing mounting criticism
SANTA FE, N.M. - Public statues and tributes to early Spanish conquerors are facing mounting criticism tied to the brutal treatment of American Indians centuries ago by Spanish soldiers and missionari...
Sep 08, 2017