Category Archives: World
911 transcripts show confusion, fear during mall stabbings
MINNEAPOLIS - The first person to call 911 as a man stabbed several people at a central Minnesota mall in September urged a dispatcher to send police and an ambulance, saying: “There’s blo...
Nov 01, 2016
North Dakota officials borrow $4M, criticize protest cost
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota leaders have agreed to borrow an additional $4 million to cover the escalating costs of policing protests at the Dakota Access pipeline and slammed the federal government...
Nov 01, 2016
Poker player cries as he admits massive debt collection scam
NEW YORK - One of the nation’s top card players lost his poker face on Tuesday while pleading guilty in a $31 million debt collection scam. Travell Thomas, a past winner of World Series of Poker...
Nov 01, 2016
Ex-Marine admits in court to killing other Marine's wife
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - A former Marine shocked the courtroom during his own murder trial, admitting to strangling the wife of another Marine and pushing her head-first down an abandoned mine shaft i...
Nov 01, 2016
Leader of Oregon standoff: 'We will continue to stand'
PORTLAND, Ore. - The leader of a federal wildlife refuge takeover in Oregon said his group will “continue to stand” after he and six others were acquitted last week of charges in the case....
Nov 01, 2016
California cabbie who aided terror group returned to Somalia
LOS ANGELES - A California cabdriver convicted of funneling thousands of dollars to a terrorist organization in his home country of Somalia has been turned over to authorities in the African nation. U...
Nov 01, 2016
National Guard cybersecurity team helps secure Ohio election
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio’s elections chief says the National Guard is among agencies helping to keep the swing state’s election safe. Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted (HYOO’-ste...
Nov 01, 2016
3-year-old killed at mom's LA workplace; co-worker arrested
LOS ANGELES - A man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing his co-worker’s 3-year-old daughter at their workplace in downtown Los Angeles. The woman picked her daughter up from dayca...
Nov 01, 2016
Cosby lawyers say comedian is too blind to defend himself
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby’s eyesight has deteriorated to the point where he cannot identify his accusers in photographs or otherwise help with his defence, his lawyers said Wednesday as they ...
Nov 01, 2016
Kansas taxes nearly $13M less than anticipated in October
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas collected nearly $13 million less in taxes than anticipated in October, with the latest disappointing report Tuesday coming a week before an election determines whether voter dis...
Nov 01, 2016