Category Archives: World

STOCKHOLM - Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In making the announcement today in Stockholm, the Nobel committee cited the legendary American singer-songwriter “for...

YORBA LINDA, Calif. - Gone are the long rows of wood-framed display cases sprinkled with campaign paraphernalia and lengthy narratives about President Richard Nixon. Instead, the renovated Richard Nix...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Samsung Electronics said Friday that the discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7 would cost the company about $3 billion during the current and next quarters, bringing the tot...

San Francisco police use force against blacks more often than other racial groups and pull over African American drivers at a disproportionately high rate, according to a U.S. Department of Justice a ...

ROME - Italian playwright Dario Fo, whose energetic mocking of Italian political life, social mores and religion won him praise, scorn and the Nobel Prize for Literature, died Thursday. He was 90. Fo ...

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Paul Ryan’s abandonment of Donald Trump is aimed at protecting Republican control of the House. But it may test his hold on his own job, and his long-term ambitions. R...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s government has long tried to keep out American pop culture, but it seems happy to let Iranians watch the backstabbing, deceitful machinations of fictional U.S. politician F...

Baltimore Police say an officer accidentally shot himself in his wrist while responding to a carjacking. Authorities had initially said the officer was shot by a suspect. Deputy Commissioner Jason Joh...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - There is one Buddhist nun everyone in Nepal knows by name - not because she’s a religious icon and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, nor for her work running a girl’s school...

NEW YORK - Wells Fargo’s embattled CEO John Stumpf is stepping down as the nation’s second-largest bank is roiled by a scandal over its sales practices. The San Francisco bank said Stumpf ...