Category Archives: World

New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The judge impose...
Aug 26, 2020

3 MLB games postponed in wake of Kenosha shooting
MILWAUKEE - Three Major League Baseball games were postponed Wednesday as players across the sports landscape reacted in the wake of the weekend shooting by police of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Wisc...
Aug 26, 2020

Defence official: Arson suspected as cause of Navy ship fire
SAN DIEGO - Arson is suspected as the cause of a July 12 fire that left extensive damage to the USS Bonhomme Richard and a U.S. Navy sailor is being questioned as a potential suspect, a senior defence...
Aug 26, 2020

California signs deal to more than double testing capacity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will more than double its coronavirus testing to up to 250,000 people a day while reducing costs and providing faster results under terms of a contract with a Massachus...
Aug 26, 2020

Oil industry shuts platforms, rigs, refineries before storm
NEW YORK - The energy industry braced Wednesday for catastrophic storm surges and winds as Hurricane Laura cuts a dangerous path toward the coastlines of Texas and Louisiana. Oil and gas producers hav...
Aug 26, 2020

Heeding warnings, Gulf Coast residents flee coming hurricane
ENNIS, Texas - Thousands of Gulf Coast residents fled inland from an approaching hurricane deemed "unsurvivable" by forecasters as hotels and shelters filled quickly, exacerbating the struggles of peo...
Aug 26, 2020

Kanye West sues Ohio election chief over petition denial
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rapper Kanye West sued Ohio's election chief Wednesday in an effort to be placed on the November presidential ballot after the Secretary of State deemed him unqualified as an independ...
Aug 26, 2020

Bucks players don't take the court for NBA playoff game
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - NBA players made their strongest statement yet against racial injustice Wednesday when the Milwaukee Bucks didn't take the floor for their playoff game against the Orlando Mag...
Aug 26, 2020

US officials: No signs of foreign targeting of mail-in vote
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials said Wednesday there has been no intelligence to suggest that foreign countries are working to undermine mail-in voting and no signs of any co-ordinated effort to commit wi...
Aug 26, 2020

John Lennon's killer denied parole for an 11th time
ALBANY, N.Y. - The man who gunned down John Lennon outside his Manhattan apartment in 1980 was denied parole for an 11th time, state corrections officials said Wednesday. Mark David Chapman was denied...
Aug 26, 2020