Category Archives: World
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin rolling out the red carpet for Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The second person to walk on the moon is rolling out the red carpet for the red planet. Buzz Aldrin is hosting a sold-out gala for his non-profit space education foundation, Sha...
Jul 15, 2017
Georgia elections chief plans changes after security issues
ATLANTA - Georgia’s top elections official stood out by refusing help from the Department of Homeland Security last August amid national concerns about the integrity of U.S. elections. Republica...
Jul 15, 2017
Afghan girls robotics team arrives in US just in time
WASHINGTON - Twice rejected for U.S. visas, an all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan arrived in Washington early Saturday after an extraordinary, last-minute intervention by President Donald Trump....
Jul 15, 2017
6 Congo rangers safe; US journalist, 3 others still missing
KINSHASA, Congo - Six Congolese rangers were found Saturday in a large forest reserve in Congo’s northeast a day after a security station was attacked by militia, but an American journalist and ...
Jul 15, 2017
Turks commemorate 1 year since failed coup with huge march
ISTANBUL - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to “rip the heads off” of terror groups and coup-plotters who tried to end his more than decade-long rule on Saturday, as Turkey marked the ...
Jul 15, 2017
Some residents couldn't hear alarms in deadly Honolulu blaze
HONOLULU - As flames raged through a Honolulu high-rise building, killing three people and injuring a dozen others, some residents didn’t even realize a blaze had broken out until they opened th...
Jul 15, 2017
Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher honoured as 'Legends' by Disney
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Mark Hamill has been bestowed one of Disney’s highest honours, but he can’t believe Carrie Fisher wasn’t there to see it. Hamill and Fisher were named Disney Legend...
Jul 14, 2017
Venezuelan prosecutor seeks conditional release for Utah man
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela’s chief prosecutor on Friday requested the conditional release of a Utah man and his wife detained for over a year on weapons charges in a case that has further ra...
Jul 14, 2017
O'Reilly is out at Fox but influence endures; career too?
LOS ANGELES - Despite the inglorious end to Bill O’Reilly’s two-decade Fox News Channel career, observers say his deep imprint on Fox and other cable news outlets and his influence on barb...
Apr 19, 2017
Nebraska beer stores near reservation lose liquor licenses
LINCOLN, Neb. - Four Nebraska stores that sell millions of cans of beer each year near a South Dakota Indian reservation lost their liquor licenses Wednesday amid complaints that they fuel alcohol-rel...
Apr 19, 2017