Category Archives: World
Obama headlining get-out-the-vote rallies in Florida
MIAMI - President Barack Obama is making his second visit in less than a week to the presidential battleground state of Florida to campaign for Hillary Clinton. Obama is headlining get-out-the-vote ra...
Nov 03, 2016
Greek retirees rally against planned new pension cuts
ATHENS, Greece - Greek retirees staged an anti-government rally in Athens on Thursday to protest a new round of cuts under the country’s international bailout program. More than 5,000 protesters...
Nov 03, 2016
As seizures top 400 in US China carfentanil trade thrives
SHANGHAI - Seizures of the deadly chemical carfentanil have exploded across the United States, with more than 400 cases documented in eight states since July alone, The Associated Press has found. Fue...
Nov 03, 2016
L.A. TV anchor arrested on suspicion of headphone theft
LOS ANGELES - Lu Parker, a local television news anchor in Los Angeles and a former Miss USA, was arrested Wednesday at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of stealing a pair of earbud head...
Nov 03, 2016
Putin grants Russian citizenship to actor Steven Seagal
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Russian citizenship to action film actor Steven Seagal, the Kremlin said Thursday. The 64-year-old Seagal has been a regular visitor to Russia in ...
Nov 03, 2016
This isn't 'Survivor,' Obama says; Trump, Clinton fire away
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Donald Trump warned Thursday that a cloud of investigation would follow Hillary Clinton into the White House, evoking the bitter impeachment battle of the 1990s in a closing campa...
Nov 03, 2016
Alabama scheduled to execute man in '82 murder-for-hire
ATMORE, Ala. - An Alabama man convicted of the 1982 shooting death of a woman’s husband in a murder-for-hire arrangement was set to be executed Thursday evening. Tommy Arthur, now 74, was convic...
Nov 03, 2016
Where the buffalo roam: Herd treads again on tribal land
WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, Wyo. - The men stood by the edge of the corral to mark the release of the first buffalo to run on the Wind River Indian Reservation in decades. The sound of their drums ...
Nov 03, 2016
Afghan police: Roadside bombing in Helmand kills reporter
KABUL - A roadside bombing in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province on Friday killed an Afghan journalist and wounded another, the police said. The explosion took place in the provincial capit...
Nov 03, 2016
Egypt devalues, floats its currency, meeting key IMF demand
CAIRO - Egypt on Thursday took the unprecedented step of floating its currency and later hiked fuel prices, meeting key demands by the International Monetary Fund under a $12 billion loan agreement to...
Nov 03, 2016