Category Archives: World
Plans to restore NASA mission control room remain in limbo
HOUSTON - Plans to restore the NASA mission control room that served as the nerve centre when man first reached the moon have been discussed for more than 20 years, but its restoration and preservatio...
Dec 04, 2016
Cuban exiles see only a glimmer of hope in Castro's funeral
MIAMI - In the heart of Miami’s Little Havana, Cuban exile Armando Garcia said Sunday’s funeral of Fidel Castro granted neither simple closure nor optimism for immediate change, but was a ...
Dec 04, 2016
Jewish family battles Spain museum over art looted by Nazis
LOS ANGELES - In the epic, 16-year battle over a priceless painting looted by the Nazis, there is one point on which all sides agree: When Lilly Cassirer and her husband fled Germany ahead of the Holo...
Dec 04, 2016
US, China, EU, others fail to reach environmental goods deal
GENEVA - Forty-six countries including the U.S., China and European Union nations failed Sunday to agree on a list of “environmental goods” like solar-powered air conditioners or LED light...
Dec 04, 2016
Hoax leads hundreds who served time in crowded jail to sue
CAMDEN, N.J. - About 1,800 people who have been spent time in a crowded New Jersey jail have inundated federal court officials with lawsuits after an apparent hoax led them to believe money from a set...
Dec 04, 2016
Cheers greet British veteran, 89, as he starts his new job
LONDON - An 89-year-old army veteran who made national headlines in Britain with a newspaper ad seeking work has started his new job. The Cantina Kitchen & Bar in the seaside town of Paignton in s...
Dec 04, 2016
The Latest: Tenant: Ex-tenant calls warehouse 'death trap'
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Latest on a deadly fire in a converted warehouse in Oakland, California (all times local): 1:30 p.m. A former tenant of the warehouse where a deadly fire erupted at a dance party...
Dec 04, 2016
Florida man dubbed "Grinch" arrested again by police
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Hours after a man described by police as a Christmas “Grinch” was released from a Florida jail, he is back in the slammer. The Boyton Beach Police Department says Fra...
Dec 04, 2016
Standing ovation for Obama at his last Kennedy Center Honors
WASHINGTON - The longest, loudest standing ovation of the Kennedy Center Honors gala wasn’t reserved for Al Pacino, Mavis Staples or the Eagles. Instead, it went to the man sitting to their left...
Dec 04, 2016
New Hampshire looks for answers behind oyster outbreaks
DURHAM, N.H. - For the past 25 years, researcher Stephen Jones has tried to understand the threat that bacteria may pose to oysters in New Hampshire’s Great Bay estuary. He often couldn’t ...
Dec 04, 2016