Category Archives: World
Trump still facing concerns about white supremacists
ATLANTA - Donald Trump’s disavowal this past week of white supremacists who have cheered his election as president hasn’t quieted concerns about the movement’s impact on his White Ho...
Nov 28, 2016
German court upholds former Auschwitz guard's conviction
BERLIN - A lawyer for a former SS sergeant who served at Auschwitz says a federal court has upheld the 95-year-old’s conviction for being an accessory to murder. Lawyer Hans Holtermann told news...
Nov 28, 2016
Suspect in fatal shooting killed in shootout with deputies
BATON ROUGE, La. - Authorities in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Monday released the identities of the attacker and victim after a man fatally shot a woman, threw her body out of a car and then was killed...
Nov 28, 2016

In Cuba, tourists find historic moment and limited options
HAVANA - They came for salsa music and mojitos and ended up wandering through a city turned still and silent by nine days of national mourning for Fidel Castro. As Cuba prepares a massive commemoratio...
Nov 27, 2016
'Moana' cruises with $81.1M Thanksgiving weekend
NEW YORK - Disney’s South Pacific animated tale “Moana” fell short of a “Frozen”-sized debut but nevertheless dominated the Thanksgiving box office with an estimated $81....
Nov 27, 2016

Texas school repudiates white nationalist alumnus
DALLAS - The exclusive Dallas boys’ prep school that Richard B. Spencer attended is denouncing the activities and ideas of its white nationalist alumnus. St. Mark’s School of Texas headmas...
Nov 27, 2016
Video of Black Friday brawl in California goes viral
MODESTO, Calif. - Video of a brawl among deal-hunting shoppers at a crowded Northern California mall has been getting nationwide attention. The Modesto Bee reports (http://bit.ly/2fFCMhD ) that the vi...
Nov 27, 2016
BBC, Voice of America reporters detained in southeast Turkey
ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities detained two reporters working for foreign news organizations in southeast Turkey, the latest journalists taken into custody as part of the government’s sweeping c...
Nov 27, 2016

Trump aides say Cuban government will have to change
WASHINGTON - The Cuban government must move toward enacting greater freedoms for its people and giving Americans something in return if it wants to keep warmer U.S. relations initiated by President Ba...
Nov 27, 2016
Swedish Christmas goat burns on 50th anniversary
STOCKHOLM - Sweden’s Christmas Goat - a giant decorative goat made of straw and wood - didn’t last long on its 50th anniversary. The straw goat, an annual Yuletide tradition in the city of...
Nov 27, 2016