Category Archives: World

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - French, British and Dutch military authorities rushed aid to a devastated string of Caribbean islands Thursday after Hurricane Irma left at least 11 people dead and thousands h...

ROCKFORD, Ill. - An Illinois police officer has delivered his son in a hotel parking lot. The Rockford Register Star reports (http://bit.ly/2j16aTg ) Rockford officer James Nachampassack was on duty e...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hurricane Irma lashed Puerto Rico with heavy rain and powerful winds late Wednesday, leaving nearly 900,000 people without power as authorities struggled to get aid to small Ca...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The latest on Hurricane Irma (all times local): 10:15 p.m. Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis says his government has ordered a mandatory evacuation of islands in the souther...

HOUSTON - The Latest on the aftermath of Harvey (all times local): 6:30 p.m. The nation’s largest oil refinery is starting to reboot after shutting down ahead of Harvey’s onslaught. Motiva...

AUSTIN, Texas - Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday tapped a veteran Democrat to lead the state’s recovery effort after Harvey, which is shaping up to be among the costliest natural di...

WASHINGTON - With Republicans in Congress under pressure to deliver on taxes, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday the GOP plan will aim to reduce the corporate tax rate to low- to mid-20 per cent - ...

PHOENIX - Immigrants are vowing to fight to stay in the U.S. and advocates are launching campaigns including fundraisers and registration drives after the Trump administration announced it would disma...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Miss America contestants are using their onstage time to speak out against political divisiveness, in favour of arts education and on other topics during preliminary competition ...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Even in a city that had become almost numb to gun violence, Wilmington’s record-setting 154 shootings in 2013 proved to be a tipping point. Desperate city leaders reached out ...