Category Archives: World

MINNEAPOLIS - A man who photographed Prince during the late music superstar’s early years is suing a Minneapolis studio to recover about 3,000 original pictures. Allen Beaulieu’s federal l...

LOS ANGELES - AMC Theatres and CNN will broadcast the Nov. 8 presidential election on the big screen at 50 theatres in 25 cities nationwide. The event is free for members of AMC Stubs , a tiered perks...

CAPE MAY POINT, N.J. - A ship that towed warships to safety during World War II and battled 40-foot waves to help rescue seven people in what was portrayed in the book and film “The Perfect Stor...

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met Monday with Pope Francis as the Vatican took a more active role trying to defuse a tense political standoff in the South American nation. M...

FARMINGTON, Utah - A Utah man was sentenced Monday to 30 years to life in prison for tying up a family of five in a basement, clearing the way for him to face murder charges in Wyoming in the death of...

NEW YORK - A Chinese holding company has agreed to buy U.S. insurer Genworth Financial for about $2.7 billion, another example of China’s intense interest in American commerce. Genworth shares f...

BALTIMORE - A defendant awaiting retrial for the slaying of his high school girlfriend and whose story was the centre of a popular podcast is asking to be released from prison. Justin Brown, a lawyer ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Pop idol Bobby Vee, the boyish, grinning 1960s singer whose career was born when he took a Midwestern stage as a teenager to fill in after the 1959 plane crash that killed rock ‘n&...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Authorities say a 67-year-old Tennessee tourist died after riding Star Tours at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The September death of the Memphis, Tennessee, man was recorded in a l...

SAN DIEGO - President Barack Obama is stepping up the pace of his campaign to boost Hillary Clinton as his successor while pushing as well for Democrats to retake the Senate, visiting tightly conteste...