Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will be out of office when the third anniversary of the public-private initiative he started to help create educational and other opportunities for boys and young m...

LONDON - Britain has yet to leave the European Union, but the term for its departure - Brexit - has earned a place in the Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press said Thursday that the Brex...

WASHINGTON - If there’s one thing Republicans and Democrats have agreed on in foreign policy, it is the power of sanctions. But Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state has seen things...

ATLANTA - Federal authorities have announced nearly two dozen safety violations issued to an auto parts manufacturer after a bride-to-be who worked at its Alabama plant was crushed to death by a robot...

NEW YORK - A U.S. citizen living in Moscow was arrested Wednesday after he flew to the United States to surrender to face charges he stole contact information for over 100 million customers of U.S. fi...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says Hanukkah is a reminder that freedom is the most meaningful of all the blessings enjoyed in the U.S. Obama held a pair of Hanukkah receptions at the White House...

SAN FRANCISCO - Hours after Uber began picking up San Francisco passengers in self-driving cars Wednesday, California regulators warned the ride-hailing company to stop immediately and get a special s...

DALLAS - Pregnant women should consider postponing travel to Brownsville, Texas, because of concerns about mosquitoes there spreading the Zika virus, federal health officials said Wednesday. The warni...

PALO ALTO, Calif. - The conjoined California twins that were separated last week following a 17-hour marathon surgery have been reunited for the first time since the operation. Eva and Erika Sandoval ...

LOS ANGELES - A 73-year-old man with dementia fatally shot by police had a crucifix - not a gun, as officers were led to believe, Bakersfield police said Wednesday. A coroner found the plastic crucifi...