Category Archives: World
Boy arrested after stabbing teen in clown mask in Germany
BERLIN - German police say a teenager’s attempt to frighten a group of young people by wearing a clown mask and brandishing a hammer on a Berlin street turned out very badly. Berlin police said ...
Oct 25, 2016
Chinese firm says it did all it could ahead of cyberattack
BEIJING - A Chinese electronics maker that has recalled products sold in the U.S. said Tuesday it did all it could to prevent a massive cyberattack that briefly blocked access to websites including Tw...
Oct 25, 2016
Seymour becomes a major Category 3 hurricane in the Pacific
MIAMI - Seymour has become a major Category 3 hurricane in the Pacific, far from Mexico’s coast. The hurricane’s maximum sustained winds early Tuesday have increased to near 115 mph (185 k...
Oct 25, 2016
Evacuation in progress, crews tear down French migrant camp
CALAIS, France - Crews in hard hats and orange jumpsuits on Tuesday started dismantling a makeshift camp in France that has become a symbol of Europe’s migrant crisis while thousands of people r...
Oct 25, 2016
Poll: Clinton gaining ground with young voters
WASHINGTON - Liane Golightly has finally decided who she’ll vote for on Election Day. Hillary Clinton is not a choice the 30-year-old Republican would have predicted, nor one that excites her. B...
Oct 25, 2016
Lindsay Lohan's stepmom accused of kicking Florida officer
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Actress Lindsay Lohan’s stepmother is accused of assaulting a police officer following a domestic disturbance in South Florida. Jail records show 33-year-old Kate Lohan was ...
Oct 25, 2016
Trump, GOP look to 'Obamacare' report as comeback lifeline
DORAL, Fla. - Suddenly armed with fresh political ammunition, Donald Trump and anxious Republicans across the nation seized on spiking health care costs Tuesday in a final-days effort to spark electio...
Oct 25, 2016
Obama mixes talk of 'mean tweets,' politics on Jimmy Kimmel
LOS ANGELES - President Barack Obama entertained Jimmy Kimmel’s audience with some of the mean tweets sent his way, beginning with one sent by Donald Trump in August when he said “Presiden...
Oct 25, 2016
Somali extremists kill 12 non-Muslims in northern Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya - Islamic extremist gunmen from neighbouring Somalia killed 12 people in an attack on non-Muslims in Kenya’s northern Mandera County, an official said Tuesday. Somalia’s al-...
Oct 25, 2016
Blast in Turkish Mediterranean resort causes slight injuries
ANKARA, Turkey - An explosion inside a car left in the parking lot of the local chamber of trade in the Mediterranean resort of Antalya on Tuesday slightly injured about a dozen people, an official sa...
Oct 25, 2016