Category Archives: World

Florida city repeals 13-year ban on saggy pants
OPA-LOCKA, Fla. - After 13 years, a South Florida city has overturned a ban on "saggy pants" - bottoms that reveal the wearer's underwear. The Opa-locka City Commission voted Wednesday on a 4-1 vote t...
Sep 13, 2020

Spartacus the serval cat found safe after escape from home
MERRIMACK, N.H. - A 40-pound (18-kilogram) African serval cat named Spartacus has been found safe and sound after escaping from his home and spending days in the New Hampshire wild. The cat was "was t...
Sep 12, 2020

Spartacus the serval cat found safe after escape from home
MERRIMACK, N.H. - A 40-pound (18-kilogram) African serval cat named Spartacus has been found safe and sound after escaping from his home and spending days in the New Hampshire wild. The cat was "was t...
Sep 12, 2020

Oxford and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial
LONDON - Oxford University announced Saturday it was resuming a trial for a coronavirus vaccine it is developing with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, a move that comes days after the study was sus...
Sep 12, 2020

Officials: Parking deck in Atlanta experiences 2nd collapse
ATLANTA - A concrete slab at a parking deck under construction in Atlanta collapsed Saturday - the second collapse at the site in as many days - sending a worker trying to shore up the structure plung...
Sep 12, 2020

Venice Fest closes amid cheers for daring to open amid virus
VENICE, Italy - The Venice Film Festival is wrapping up the first in-person COVID-era international cinema showcase, with critics, filmmakers and actors cheering organizers for having dared to hold th...
Sep 12, 2020

More than 50 killed at collapsed gold mine in eastern Congo
KINSHASA, Congo - More than 50 people are dead after landslides caused the collapse of three artisanal gold mines near the city of Kamituga in eastern Congo's South Kivu province on Friday, officials ...
Sep 12, 2020

Toots Hibbert, beloved reggae star, dead at 77
NEW YORK - Toots Hibbert, one of reggae's founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it an international movement through such classics as "Pressure Drop," "Monk...
Sep 12, 2020

More than 50 killed at collapsed gold mine in eastern Congo
KINSHASA, Congo - More than 50 people are dead after landslides caused the collapse of three artisanal gold mines near the city of Kamituga in eastern Congo's South Kivu province on Friday, officials ...
Sep 12, 2020

Iran executes man whose case drew international attention
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state TV is reporting that the country's authorities has executed a wrestler for allegedly murdering a man after President Donald Trump asked for the 27-year-old condemned man's ...
Sep 12, 2020