Category Archives: World
Connecticut school apologizes for 'Hitler' football play
GREENWICH, Conn. - The headmaster of a Connecticut high school has apologized after its football team named one of its plays “Hitler.” Chris Winters, of Greenwich High School, issued the a...
Oct 15, 2016

Trump out of Atlantic City but an issue in House race there
TRENTON, N.J. - The legacy of Donald Trump’s casino empire disappeared from Atlantic City with last week’s closing of the Trump Taj Mahal, but donations he made years ago are factoring int...
Oct 15, 2016
Jim Obergefell, same-sex marriage plaintiff, to be honoured
CINCINNATI - The lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that led to the legalization of same-sex marriage across the county is being honoured with an award given to those that better their co...
Oct 15, 2016

A look at the women making allegations against Trump
A number of women have come forward recently to say they were assaulted, groped or kissed without consent by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Several have said they were moved to go publi...
Oct 15, 2016

Sign of times? New skis: Left 1 Clinton, right 1 Trump
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Here’s a sure sign the 2016 presidential campaign has gone downhill: A Vermont ski maker is out with a new pair featuring Hillary Clinton imagery on the left ski and Donald Tru...
Oct 15, 2016

2 more N Carolina deaths raise Matthew's US death toll to 43
RALEIGH, N.C. - Searchers found two more bodies inside vehicles that were submerged in flood waters in North Carolina from Hurricane Matthew, increasing the toll in the state to 26 dead, Gov. Pat McCr...
Oct 15, 2016
Global deal reached to limit powerful greenhouse gases
KIGALI, Rwanda - Nearly 200 nations have reached a deal, announced Saturday morning after all-night negotiations, to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide in a major ...
Oct 15, 2016

24 killed in stampede ahead of Hindu ceremony in India
LUCKNOW, India - At least 24 people were killed and 20 others injured in a stampede that occurred as they were crossing a crowded bridge to reach a Hindu religious ceremony in northern India on Saturd...
Oct 15, 2016

Saudi-led coalition blames Yemeni party for funeral bombing
CAIRO - A Saudi-led coalition on Saturday blamed “wrong information” for the bombing last weekend of a packed funeral hall in the rebel-held Yemeni capital that killed at least 140 people ...
Oct 15, 2016

IS suicide bomber strikes Baghdad funeral tent, killing 35
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber struck a funeral gathering in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 35 people and wounding more than 60, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. The attack in the Shaab ne...
Oct 15, 2016