Category Archives: World
California GOP Congressman Darrell Issa narrowly wins seat
SAN DIEGO - The wealthiest member of Congress is keeping his job. Republican Darrell Issa narrowly defeated Marine-turned-lawyer Doug Applegate after a bitter contest in in the 49th District north of ...
Nov 28, 2016
Healing wounds, looted art reunited with Nazi victims' heirs
PARIS - Scam. That was Henrietta Schubert’s first thought when lawyers told her a 16th century Flemish painting hanging in a French museum belonged to her Jewish grandparents, who had sold it in...
Nov 28, 2016
Paisley Park to host 2017 celebration of Prince's life
CHANHASSESN, Minn. - Prince’s Paisley Park will host a four-day celebration of the “Purple Rain” megastar’s life next year. The event, “Celebration 2017,” will be h...
Nov 28, 2016
Trump drama rolls on: Disputes, falsehoods hit transition
NEW YORK - The drama, disputes and falsehoods that permeated Donald Trump’s presidential campaign are now roiling his transition to the White House, forcing aides to defend his baseless assertio...
Nov 28, 2016
Trump wins Michigan's 16 electoral votes, state board says
LANSING, Mich. - President-elect Donald Trump has won Michigan’s 16 electoral votes. The Board of State Canvassers certified Trump’s 10,704-vote victory on Monday, nearly three weeks after...
Nov 28, 2016
Inn key to room where Marilyn Monroe stayed sells for $131
NEW MILFORD, Conn. - The key to a room at the Connecticut inn where Marilyn Monroe stayed in 1956 while dating playwright Arthur Miller has sold for $131. Antiques dealer Loretta Kretchko says the key...
Nov 28, 2016
Slovenia PM: Melania Trump could inspire US-Russia detente
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia - As Melania Trump prepares to move into the White House, the future first lady’s native Slovenia is offering to serve as a mediator between her husband and Russian President...
Nov 28, 2016
Albanian artist builds Mother Teresa's mosaic with staples
PRISTINA, Kosovo - An Albanian artist on Monday unveiled a portrait of Mother Teresa using staples, in a call for European countries to stop raising fences to shut their borders to refugees. Built in ...
Nov 28, 2016
The Latest: Pence says 'hearts go out' to Ohio State victims
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Latest on an attack at the Ohio State University campus (all times local): 7:50 p.m. Republican Vice-President-elect Mike Pence says his team’s “hearts go out to the f...
Nov 28, 2016
Terrorism suspected in car-and-knife attack at Ohio State
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A Somali-born Ohio State University student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was s...
Nov 28, 2016