Category Archives: World
'Brooklyn Bull' died shortly after arriving at sanctuary
WANTAGE TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A bull that drew national attention when it roamed through the streets of Brooklyn last fall after escaping from a slaughterhouse died shortly after it was taken to a New Jers...
May 03, 2018
Striking Arizona teachers end walkout, salary increases set
PHOENIX - The Arizona governor signed a plan Thursday to give striking teachers a 20 per cent pay raise, ending their six-day walkout after a dramatic all-night legislative session and sending a major...
May 03, 2018
Armenian capital calm after protests end - but at what cost?
YEREVAN, Armenia - After weeks of raucous protests, the streets of the Armenian capital suddenly calmed Thursday and the ruling party confirmed it would back an opposition leader to become prime minis...
May 03, 2018
Drug charge against Rose McGowan sent to Virginia grand jury
LEESBURG, Va. - Actress Rose McGowan could face indictment in Virginia on a felony drug-possession charge after a judge found probable cause Thursday to send the case to a grand jury. McGowan unsucces...
May 03, 2018
One meal a day: Yemeni mothers try to feed their families
ADEN, Yemen - The young mother stepped onto the scale for the doctor. Even with all her black robes on, she weighed only 84 pounds - 38 kilograms. Umm Mizrah is pregnant, but starving herself to feed ...
May 03, 2018
Transgender inmate says she was raped despite raising fears
DENVER - A transgender inmate who is suing Colorado’s corrections agency says she was raped at a men’s prison hours after a federal judge denied her request to block the prison from keepin...
May 03, 2018
Group running asylum caravan fears spotlight comes at a cost
TIJUANA, Mexico - The group that organized a monthlong caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States wanted to draw attention to the plight of people fleeing violence. If headlines ...
May 03, 2018
Texas officials ignore dioxin spread in Houston waterways
HIGHLANDS, Texas - Evelyn and Jerome Matula were still polka-dancing newlyweds in 1950 when they spotted a half-finished cottage in the woods along the San Jacinto River east of Houston. It seemed idy...
May 03, 2018
Tough road for Iraq's female candidates in May 12 elections
BAGHDAD - Iraqi women running for parliament this month are undaunted, despite many challenges they face ahead of the May 12 elections - including unprecedented smear campaigns complete with sex video...
May 03, 2018
German nurse's abduction in Somali capital raises fears
MOGADISHU, Somalia - As night fell, gunmen sneaked into the International Committee of the Red Cross compound in Somalia’s capital through a back door and seized a German nurse and a local colle...
May 03, 2018