Category Archives: World

SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah man who mysteriously contracted Zika from his infected father may have got it by touching his dad’s tears or sweat with his bare hands, according to new research that fou...

MULBERRY, Fla. - Neighbours of an unplugged sinkhole sending contaminated water and fertilizer plant waste cascading into Florida’s main drinking-water aquifer are fearful, and fuming that it to...

MADRID - Spain’s leading opposition Socialist party was in crisis Thursday, a day after nearly half of its executive board resigned in a rebellion against leader Pedro Sanchez. The schism comes ...

WASHINGTON - More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week but the number of applications remained low, the latest sign that layoffs are scarce. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The emotional stories of women who say they were sexually assaulted more than a decade ago by Bill Cosby prompted California state lawmakers to approve a bill to eliminate the sta...

MORGAN HILL, Calif. - A wildfire in a mostly remote area of California’s Santa Cruz Mountains has now destroyed eight homes and sent a firefighter to the hospital, officials said Thursday. One f...

MIAMI - A former South Florida concert promoter who staged tours for major acts such as the Rolling Stones, Elton John and Aerosmith is facing prison for what prosecutors say was a $200 million fraud ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Plunging deeper into campaign controversy, Donald Trump publicly shamed a former beauty queen on Friday for her “disgusting” sexual past and then - in one of presiden...

BILLINGS, Mont. - In a story Sept. 29 about cellphones in national parks, The Associated Press reported erroneously how a bill in the U.S. House would affect rental fees on telecommunications faciliti...

WASHINGTON - Angry lawmakers heaped another round of blistering criticism on Wells Fargo’s CEO, pressing Thursday for details about what senior managers knew about allegedly illegal sales practi...