Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - There are some wonderful idealistic films about American politics, warm with optimism and belief in Washington’s system. None of them resemble this election season. Yet for a presiden...

ROME - The Lanzi company has been curing hams in the Italian town of Norcia for over half a century. It’s a family business, employing owner David Lanzi’s five children as well as 60 local...

SAN FRANCISCO - A former Napa winemaker is facing fraud charges for allegedly mislabeling cheap wines as pricy cabernets. Jeffry Hill was arrested Wednesday in Clovis and released. He’s been ind...

NEW ORLEANS - White supremacist David Duke’s appearance in Louisiana’s final U.S. Senate debate ahead of next week’s election derailed much of the event Wednesday, with opponents tra...

COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. - Pop singer Bobby Vee was given a musical farewell at his funeral with an instrumental version of his No. 1 hit “Take Good Care of My Baby.” Vee was remembered as an &...

SALT LAKE CITY - Police have arrested a Taco Bell worker in Utah accused of punching and kicking a customer who was creating a disturbance and fighting with employees. Salt Lake City police say an uni...

CANNON BALL, N.D. - Officers in riot gear clashed again Wednesday with protesters near the Dakota Access pipeline, hitting dozens with pepper spray as they waded through waist-deep water in an attempt...

HONOLULU - The warden of a Hawaii jail testified Wednesday that he showed inmates violent sexual films as part of a program he created that includes what he calls “shame therapy.” Kauai Co...

SAN FRANCISCO - California voters heading to the polls should leave their selfie sticks at home. A federal judge on Wednesday refused to lift the state’s ban in the current election on sharing p...

GLENDALE, Ariz. - Some Phoenix-area voters hoping to avoid long lines on Election Day by casting early ballots have ended up waiting anyway. Dozens of voters who crammed inside an office building in G...