Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - A stray backpack prompted the partial evacuation of Trump Tower on Tuesday, though bomb squad technicians quickly determined the unattended bag contained children’s toys and was harml...

Reactions to Tuesday’s death of Carrie Fisher: “no words #Devastated” - Mark Hamill, on Twitter “There are no words for this loss. Carrie was the brightest light in every room ...

LONDON - British author Richard Adams, whose 1972 book “Watership Down” became a classic of children’s literature, has died, according to his daughter. He was 96. Juliet Johnson told...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The Latest on President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (all times local): 12:30 p.m. President Barack Obama says Japan...

NEW YORK - Federal prosecutors have charged three Chinese nationals accused of profiting from insider information about mergers and acquisitions by hacking into the networks of law firms working on th...

NEW YORK - No one could make us laugh through the pain like Carrie Fisher. The daughter of Hollywood stars Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, and a survivor of early fame, drug addiction and bipolar di...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was indicted Tuesday in a corruption case involving public works. Federal Judge Julian Ercolini approved charges of illicit asso...

NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks are moving slightly higher in quiet trading on Wall Street as traders return from the holiday weekend. T...

BRANDON, Miss. - Referring to two suspects as the “Grinch couple,” a Mississippi sheriff says a man and a woman broke into a home and ate the homeowners’ Christmas treats before flee...

LONDON - As mourners kept on flocking Tuesday to George Michael’s home in north London, the singer’s former longtime partner and his current boyfriend both spoke of their sadness at his de...