Category Archives: World
Hayden a symbol of when youth took history into own hands
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Tom Hayden was long past his heyday of political rebellion and the Chicago 7 trial when he died on Sunday at age 76. But in American culture, he remained an enduring symbol of a...
Oct 24, 2016
Dog alerts neighbours to fire, unconscious owner and pet
PHILADELPHIA - An animal rescue group says a barking dog alerted neighbours to a first-floor blaze at a Philadelphia home where the dog and its owner were later found unconscious inside. The Red Paw E...
Oct 24, 2016
Malta says plane crashed en route to Libya surveillance trip
VALLETTA, Malta - A small plane heading toward Libya’s coast to monitor migrant trafficking routes for the French government crashed soon after takeoff from Malta’s airport Monday, killing...
Oct 24, 2016
Tom Hayden, '60s activist and liberal statesman, dead at 76
LOS ANGELES - In one of the most dramatic personal transformations in American political history, Tom Hayden went from being a famed 1960s and 1970s student radical to a mainstream elected official an...
Oct 24, 2016
Authorities find no sign of braking by bus driver in crash
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - Ana Car didn’t remember the sudden impact, only that she woke up among dead and injured passengers in a dark bus filled with screams of terror and agony. The retired facto...
Oct 23, 2016
Bill Murray honoured as he accepts Mark Twain prize for humour
WASHINGTON - In an evening filled with jokes about Bill Murray’s elusiveness and quirky personality, the actor was honoured with the nation’s top prize for comedy. Murray, who’s 66, ...
Oct 23, 2016
Cherokee Nation donates to North Dakota pipeline fight
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma has donated $10,000 to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota to support its fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. The Cherokees say they ...
Oct 23, 2016
Younger, diverse voters are reshaping California politics
LOS ANGELES - Come Election Day, California could legalize pot. Its new U.S. senator will be black or Hispanic - a first for the state. And voters could end the death penalty and revive bilingual educ...
Oct 23, 2016
West Virginia candidate for governor owes millions in taxes
HINDMAN, Ky. - Jim Justice, a coal billionaire running for West Virginia governor, owes millions in back taxes to some of Appalachia’s most impoverished counties, including one in Kentucky that ...
Oct 23, 2016
How one drug cartel banked its cash in New York City
NEW YORK - In the photos, Alejandra Salgado and her little brother Francisco look like ordinary tourists strolling the streets of midtown Manhattan. He carries a shopping bag. She wears a white dress,...
Oct 23, 2016