Category Archives: World

LOS ANGELES - CNN anchor Anderson Cooper is sticking with the cable news network. Cooper signed a long-term deal to stay with CNN, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday. The person, wh...

TULSA, Okla. - Attorneys for a white Oklahoma police officer who killed an unarmed black man are asking in court records for investigators to keep as evidence a handgun that an anonymous tipster claim...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A Texas petroleum drilling company announced Tuesday it has made a large-scale oil discovery off Alaska’s North Slope. Dallas-based Caelus Energy Alaska LLC announced a find ...

SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky Republican, shunned even by his own party for posting images on Facebook depicting President Barack Obama as a monkey, held a defiant press conference during which he ...

SALT LAKE CITY - A polygamous sect leader who is among a group of people accused of carrying out a multiyear food stamp fraud scheme said Tuesday not sharing the food would prevent him and others from...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to create a new agency to better investigate police shootings and misconduct allegations is moving toward approval, even as critics say it’s not strong en...

HONOLULU - A North Carolina concert promoter pleaded guilty Tuesday to defrauding the University of Hawaii of $200,000 by promising to secure Stevie Wonder for an athletics department fundraising conc...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A school district is banning clown costumes and any “symbols of terror” during this year’s Halloween season as authorities investigate the authenticity of clown-re...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - An attorney representing two Sacramento, California, police officers said Tuesday that they faced a “terrifying situation” with a mentally disturbed man on drugs and a...

Airlines are cancelling some flights to the Caribbean and even the mainland U.S. as Hurricane Matthew is expected to spin toward Florida later this week. By late Tuesday, American Airlines had cancell...