Category Archives: World

US terror attacks' common denominator: Anwar al-Awlaki
NEW YORK - Five years after Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by an American drone strike, he keeps inspiring acts of terror. Investigators say a bomb that rocked New York a week ago, injuring more than two ...
Sep 25, 2016
NY senator: Wireless emergency alerts must include photos
NEW YORK - As police and federal agents hunted for the man suspected of setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey, millions of people received an alert on their cellphones asking for help finding t...
Sep 25, 2016

AP-GfK poll shows voter distaste for Putin-style leadership
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a leader - unlike what we have in this country.” But most Americans don’t agree with Trump’s assessment o...
Sep 25, 2016
AIDS pageant in Uganda seeks to stem stigma, discrimination
KAMPALA, Uganda - When she was younger, Tryphena Natukunda’s mother discouraged her from swallowing her antiretroviral medicines among strangers or even distant relatives. Because the girl had A...
Sep 25, 2016

WWII Navy chief reunited, in spirit, with his ship's bell
NEWPORT, R.I. - A Navy chief who died saving his shipmates during the attack on Pearl Harbor has been reunited, in spirit, in Rhode Island with the bell from his ship. The hall where the Navy’s ...
Sep 25, 2016
Pope backs opposition to Mexico's gay-marriage proposal
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has voiced support for Mexican bishops and citizens opposing the government’s push to legalize same-sex marriage. At his weekly Sunday blessing, Francis said he willi...
Sep 25, 2016

Hofstra pushes front-line learning with presidential debate
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Monday night’s verbal smackdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is a hot ticket on the campus of Hofstra University. About 7,500 students, or more than two-thirds of t...
Sep 25, 2016
In battle for Iraq's Mosul, many forces with many motives
BAGHDAD - An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq that is likely to be decisive in the war against the Islamic St...
Sep 25, 2016
Still no will, but work to settle Prince estate forges ahead
MINNEAPOLIS - Work to settle Prince’s estate is moving forward, and a closed hearing is expected to be held this week to resolve an undisclosed dispute between the likely heirs and the trust com...
Sep 25, 2016

Road to debate: Trump built image as he built business
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump once claimed to be publicity shy. No joke. It’s right there in The New York Times of Nov. 1, 1976. In the same article, the 30-year-old real estate developer talks up h...
Sep 25, 2016