Category Archives: World
Cops: Man who shot 2 Boston officers didn't have gun license
BOSTON - A man who shot and wounded two police officers responding to a report of a domestic disturbance was armed with a tactical shotgun and wearing body armour but didn’t have a gun license, ...
Oct 12, 2016
The Latest: Nicole strengthens into Category 4 hurricane
MIAMI - The Latest on Hurricane Nicole (all times local): 11 p.m. Forecasters say an “extremely dangerous” Hurricane Nicole has strengthened into a Category 4 storm headed for Bermuda. The...
Oct 12, 2016
Private autopsy: Man killed by police shot in back, abdomen
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A black man shot and killed by a North Carolina police officer last month suffered fatal gunshot wounds to the back and abdomen, according to results released Wednesday from an indep...
Oct 12, 2016
Activists clash with Portland police as council OKs contract
PORTLAND, Ore. - Police used pepper spray and arrested 10 people as demonstrators stormed City Hall in Portland, Oregon, Wednesday trying to stop the City Council from voting on a new police contract ...
Oct 12, 2016
Satanic Temple asks city council for OK to give invocation
BOSTON - Satanists want to give their blessings to city leaders in Boston. The Boston Globe reports (http://bit.ly/2e6MxXY) a local chapter of the Satanic Temple is asking the City Council for permiss...
Oct 12, 2016
Elephant seal sets record by swimming farthest west
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Researchers with the University of California, Santa Cruz say an elephant seal has set a record by swimming farther west than any other tracked elephant seal. UC Santa Cruz offici...
Oct 12, 2016
Condor chick born in wild flies from nest at California park
PAICINES, Calif. - A California condor chick has hatched in the wild, survived and flown out of its nest at Pinnacles National Park for the first time since the 1890s, officials said Wednesday. The Sa...
Oct 12, 2016
Official: Plane crash appears to be suicide try; 1 dead
EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - A flight instructor and a student pilot had an altercation inside the cockpit of a small plane, and the instructor was unable to regain control from the trainee before the plane...
Oct 12, 2016
2 women tell paper Trump touched them inappropriately
WASHINGTON - Two women tell The New York Times that Donald Trump touched them inappropriately - groping a woman in one instance and kissing a woman in another - during separate encounters that took pl...
Oct 12, 2016
Janet Jackson confirms pregnancy at age 50
NEW YORK - Janet Jackson has confirmed she’s pregnant at 50. The star showed off her baby bump in a photo Wednesday, smiling in a white dress and cradling her belly. She told People, “We t...
Oct 12, 2016