Category Archives: World

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Donald Trump’s choice of far-right publishing executive Steve Bannon as a top White House adviser is bringing new scrutiny to a troubling, decades-old ideology: white national...

WASHINGTON - For nearly the entire week since he became president-elect, Donald Trump has been holed up in his gilded New York skyscraper. A steady stream of visitors has come to him, flooding through...

NEW ORLEANS - The 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence goes to Kentucky writer, poet and educator Crystal Wilkinson for her debut novel, “Birds of Opulence.” The Baton Rouge...

LONDON - Human rights lawyer Philippe Sands won Britain’s leading nonfiction literary award on Tuesday for a book about the fight to prosecute war crimes that blends historical investigation and...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The Latest on the fallout from a racist comment about first lady Michelle Obama that a local West Virginia official posted on Facebook (all times local): 5:10 p.m. The Clay, West V...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Latest on a shooting at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City (all times local): 6:35 p.m. Police say a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Southwest Airlines employee at Will ...

NEW YORK - The presidential election boosted NBC News - and its aftermath helped Fox News Channel and “60 Minutes.” Although CNN and Fox News were the most-watched networks on election nig...

Denver has approved a first-in-the-nation law allowing people to use marijuana at bars, restaurants and other public spaces such as art galleries or yoga studios. The catch: Patrons could use pot as l...

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio - LeBron James respected Phil Jackson’s unmatched coaching accomplishments. That affection has vanished. “I’ve got nothing for him,” James said Tuesday. Jame...

PARIS - Art experts are disagreeing as to whether a book of previously unpublished drawings reported to be by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh is authentic or fake. The book, “The Lost Arles Sketch...