Category Archives: World

The latest on the conflict in Syria, and the Russia and Turkey brokered cease-fire agreement between Syria’s government and opposition rebels. All times local. ___ 10:30 p.m. Russia’s U.N....

LAND O’LAKES, Fla. - Authorities are investigating after an Air Force veteran died following a struggle with Tampa Bay-area sheriff’s deputies. The Tampa Bay Times reports (http://bit.ly/2...

LOGAN, Ohio - Backers are fundraising to build an observatory and astronomy park named for the late space hero John Glenn at a state park in his native Ohio. Members of the non-profit Friends of Hocki...

NEW YORK - Officers patrolling New York City’s harbour in a police boat have spotted a whale in the East River. The New York Police Department’s special operations division posted a photo ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis strolled through St. Peter’s Square Saturday evening during the last frigid hours of 2016, exchanging New Year’s Eve greetings with the faithful. Francis made h...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Recovery efforts are expected to begin Sunday for a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland’s shores. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson expres...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President-elect Donald Trump has ditched his press pool once again - this time travelling to play golf at his club in Jupiter, Florida, without a pool of journalists on hand to...

WASHINGTON - Republicans’ grip on all levers of power stands as a mandate to the GOP-led Congress, which will move swiftly to try to undo eight years of outgoing President Barack Obama’s a...

SAO PAULO - A website for the Brazilian president has been hacked, plastered with messages calling for the death penalty for legislators in a country where many are frustrated with public corruption. ...

NEW ORLEANS - Students from Cuba’s top music academy will present a free concert of big band jazz with a Cuban accent in New Orleans on Jan. 5. The non-profit group Horns to Havana says the 14-m...