Category Archives: World

WESTCLIFFE, Colo. - A wildfire in southern Colorado has destroyed five homes, and hundreds of people remain under evacuation orders, authorities said Tuesday. The fire has scorched more than 25 square...

STOCKHOLM - Five days after Bob Dylan was named the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, no one knows how he feels about the prestigious award - not even the Nobel judges. The Swedish Academy, whi...

MADRID - A small Spanish town is considering fining a medieval church 16,000 euros ($17,500) because its bells are “too noisy.” The town hall of Mostoles, southwest of Madrid, said Tuesday...

WASHINGTON - In a story Oct. 18 about an effort to preserve the ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” The Associated Press reported erroneously where the slippers are displayed. They are ...

WASHINGTON - “Stop whining,” President Barack Obama rebuked Donald Trump on Tuesday, speaking out as seldom before on next month’s election and chiding the Republican for sowing susp...

WASHINGTON - A senior State Department official asked the FBI last year to help reduce the classification of an email from Hillary Clinton’s private server, according to FBI investigative files ...

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday announced her first summit in over a year with the Russian, Ukrainian and French presidents to discuss efforts toward peace in eastern Ukraine, but ...

MOSCOW - Russian and Syrian warplanes halted their airstrikes on Syria’s besieged city of Aleppo on Tuesday in preparation for a temporary pause in the military push that Moscow has announced fo...

WASHINGTON - Seeking to boost a close ally, President Barack Obama threw his support Tuesday behind efforts that Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is taking to overhaul that country’s politica...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The U.S. Air Force is spending nearly $1 billion to build a radar installation that will help keep astronauts and satellites safe by tracking pieces of space junk as small as...