Category Archives: World
Pakistan's ex-premier Sharif indicted on corruption charges
ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani court on Thursday indicted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as well as his daughter and son-in-law on corruption charges stemming from documents leaked from a Panama law firm...
Oct 19, 2017
Spain set to strip Catalonia of powers over independence bid
BARCELONA, Spain - The crisis over Catalonia’s quest for independence escalated Thursday, as Spain’s central government prepared the unprecedented step of stripping the wealthy region of s...
Oct 19, 2017
Cameras turned off again for White House press briefing
NEW YORK - Cameras remained off Monday at the White House press briefing on orders of the Trump administration, sidelining one of daytime television’s most popular features on the same day that ...
Jul 17, 2017
Prep school says relationship crown violated rules, not law
CONCORD, N.H. - Male prep school students who recorded relationships with girls on a cardboard crown this spring violated campus rules but not the law, the head of the school said Monday. The crown in...
Jul 17, 2017
Hiker 'lucky to be alive' after bison attack in North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. - An Alaskan hiker said he’s lucky to be alive after a bison gored his thigh in North Dakota. Michael Turk said that if the giant animal had hit his femoral artery, the largest arter...
Jul 17, 2017
Honolulu mayor pushes sprinkler bill in wake of deadly fire
HONOLULU - Hundreds of older high-rise apartment buildings in Honolulu aren’t required to have sprinkler systems, but city officials are pushing for change in the wake of last week’s deadl...
Jul 17, 2017
Gorsuch can't escape travel ban at San Francisco meeting
SAN FRANCISCO - President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court couldn’t escape discussion of the president’s travel ban - and even the president - during an appearance Mo...
Jul 17, 2017
Trial set for January for murder suspect who posted $35M
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - A judge on Monday pushed back to January the trial against a Chinese real estate scion charged with orchestrating the murder of her children’s father, prosecutors said. Th...
Jul 17, 2017
Tsunami advisory cancelled after Russia 7.8 earthquake
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A strong earthquake on the Russian side of the Bering Sea briefly prompted a tsunami advisory for parts of the Pacific, including Alaska’s remote Aleutian Islands and Russia....
Jul 17, 2017
2 Iranian men charged with hacking Vermont software company
MONTPELIER, Vt. - The U.S. Department of Justice says two Iranian men who worked with someone pardoned by President Barack Obama have been charged with hacking a Vermont software company and stealing ...
Jul 17, 2017