Category Archives: World
Arctic farming: Town turns to hydroponics for fresh greens
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The landscape is virtually treeless around a coastal hub town above Alaska’s Arctic Circle, where even summer temperatures are too cold for northern-growing forests to take r...
Nov 04, 2016
China's Wanda buys Dick Clark Productions for $1 billion
BEIJING - China’s Dalian Wanda Group has added another entertainment trophy to its stable of overseas acquisitions, paying $1 billion for Dick Clark Productions, the TV company that produces the...
Nov 04, 2016
Daughter says she's in shock after dad charged with murder
DES MOINES, Iowa - The distraught daughter of a man accused of killing two Iowa police officers said Friday that she talked to her father just two hours before the fatal shootings, and it was “t...
Nov 04, 2016
Retired Oakland police captain to be charged in sex probe
MARTINEZ, Calif. - A Northern California prosecutor said Friday that he’s charging a retired police captain with misdemeanour soliciting a prostitute, but found no other criminal conduct within ...
Nov 04, 2016
Jurors review video of officer killing unarmed fleeing man
CHARLESTON, S.C. - A fired police officer’s defence team couldn’t keep jurors from seeing a cellphone video Friday that shows him killing an unarmed man who was running away, so they spent...
Nov 04, 2016
Post-Katrina police shooting; now lawsuits can resume
NEW ORLEANS - A former police sergeant admitted on Friday that he helped cover up the fatal police shootings of two people in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina, ending a criminal case that ...
Nov 04, 2016
AP analysis: Trump silent in ads, Clinton talks up children
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has shown more than 586 hours of television ads in the general election, and until now something has been missing: his voice. There is no footage of him speaking, no archival...
Nov 04, 2016
NJ Transit head: Phone use, other violations unacceptable
TRENTON, N.J. - Federal regulators have found numerous safety violations on New Jersey’s troubled commuter system, including the lack of on-board emergency tools and working fire extinguishers, ...
Nov 04, 2016
US, EU question Turkey's detention of pro-Kurdish lawmakers
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish authorities on Friday detained 12 pro-Kurdish members of Parliament for questioning in terror-related probes, drawing sharp concern from the United States and the European Uni...
Nov 04, 2016
California family says claim filed to urge police reform
SAN DIEGO - An attorney for a widow who filed a claim Thursday against a San Diego suburb where her husband was killed by police says the family wants to send a message that police across the nation m...
Nov 03, 2016