World

Gang with past abductions blamed for kidnapping missionaries

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A gang blamed for kidnapping five priests and two nuns earlier this year in Haiti is now accused of kidnapping 17 missionaries from a U.S.-based organization, including a ...

Oct 17, 2021

Bill Clinton to be released from California hospital

ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - Bill Clinton spent a fifth night at a Southern California hospital where he is recovering from an infection but is expected to be released Sunday after making great progress, a s...

Oct 17, 2021

Russian filmmakers head for Earth from space station

MOSCOW (AP) - A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has separated from the International Space Station and is heading for the Earth. The separation took place on schedu...

Oct 16, 2021

Venezuela halts talks after Maduro ally extradited to US

MIAMI (AP) - Venezuela's government said it would halt negotiations with opponents in retaliation for the extradition the U.S. of a close ally of President Nicolas Maduro wanted on criminal charges. J...

Oct 16, 2021

Hail, Mary! High school's halftime show is a drag pageant

A Vermont high school homecoming football game turned into a "drag ball" runway at halftime, with a mix of students and faculty members parading in gowns, wigs and makeup - and a big crowd in rainbow ...

Oct 16, 2021

Removing the %&*@ from Maine's vanity plates will take time

Removing the flipping obscenities from license plates on Maine's roads and highways isn't going to happen overnight, even though a law banning such profanities in a state where such regulation has bee...

Oct 16, 2021

NASA's asteroid hunter Lucy soars into sky with diamonds

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft named Lucy rocketed into the sky with diamonds Saturday morning on a 12-year quest to explore eight asteroids. Seven of the mysterious space rocks are amo...

Oct 16, 2021

Leaders pay tribute at church where British lawmaker killed

LONDON (AP) - Leaders from across the political spectrum came together Saturday to pay tribute to a long-serving British lawmaker who was stabbed to death in what police have described as a terrorist ...

Oct 16, 2021

Islamic State claims mosque bombing in south Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that killed 47 people and wounded scores more. In a sta...

Oct 15, 2021

Clinton "doing fine" and will be out of hospital soon

ORANGE, Calif. (AP) - Bill Clinton is doing fine and will be released soon from a Southern California hospital where he's being treated for an infection, President Joe Biden said. Biden said Friday du...

Oct 15, 2021