Category Archives: World
Nearly century-old streetcar tickets found in NYC firehouse
NEW YORK - A New York City firefighter has made an unusual discovery, unearthing two nearly 100-year-old tickets for the city’s long-defunct streetcar line at a firehouse in Manhattan. WNBC-TV r...
Jan 03, 2017
The Latest: Obama offers condolences to Turkey's president
ISTANBUL - The latest on the manhunt for the Istanbul nightclub attacker and the aftermath of the massacre (all times local): 3:35 a.m. The White House says President Barack Obama has offered his cond...
Jan 03, 2017
Roof found competent for sentencing, gets extra prep day
CHARLESTON, S.C. - After a judge ruled Monday that Dylann Roof is competent to represent himself, the same jury that last month unanimously found him guilty in the slayings of nine black parishioners ...
Jan 03, 2017
Iran activist ends 71-day prison hunger strike as wife freed
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An imprisoned Iranian human rights activist ended a 71-day hunger strike Tuesday as his detained wife won a temporary release from prison, a day after his case sparked a ...
Jan 03, 2017
UN: At least 6,878 civilians killed in Iraq violence in 2016
BAGHDAD - Violence claimed the lives of at least 6,878 civilian Iraqis last year, the United Nations said on Monday, as the Iraqi government struggles to maintain security nationwide and to dislodge I...
Jan 03, 2017
Officials: Customs system outage causes waits at airports
WASHINGTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement Monday saying a processing system outage caused delays at various airports. CBP officers continued processing international traveller...
Jan 02, 2017
Amber Alert: New Mexico boy found OK; dad flees into Mexico
LA MESA, N.M. - A 2-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert when his father fled with him after allegedly beating the child’s grandfather and torching his mobile home has been found u...
Jan 02, 2017
Forest fire destroys homes in hills above Chilean port city
SANTIAGO, Chile - Fire driven by strong winds swept over forest land in the hills outside the Chilean port of Valparaiso on Monday, destroying dozens of homes, injuring at least 19 people and sending ...
Jan 02, 2017
SpaceX finds source of rocket explosion, plans new launch
LOS ANGELES - SpaceX plans to resume flights as early as next week after finding the cause of an explosion that destroyed a rocket and satellite on a Florida launch pad in September. The Hawthorne, Ca...
Jan 02, 2017
Quick decisions meant life or death in Southeastern storms
As an apparent tornado bore down on them, seven people in a mobile home in southeast Alabama made a life-or-death decision: Three ran into one bathroom for shelter and four ran in the opposite directi...
Jan 02, 2017