Category Archives: World

Colbert, Oliver to join forces for film festival fundraiser
NEWARK, N.J. - Stephen Colbert (kohl-BEHR’) and John Oliver will join forces for an event that will benefit a New Jersey film festival. The Nov. 19 event at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center...
Sep 19, 2016

US homebuilder sentiment rises in September as sales improve
Confidence among U.S. homebuilders has surged to the highest level in nearly a year, reflecting a brighter outlook for sales now and into 2017. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo bu...
Sep 19, 2016

International gathering again puts Syria no closer to peace
NEW YORK - Another city, another Syria meeting. Another failure. Tuesday’s gathering of the top U.S. and Russian diplomats, and more than a dozen of their Arab and European counterparts, ended w...
Sep 19, 2016
Inn that inspired Longfellow: Guests, give us our stuff back
SUDBURY, Mass. - A historic Massachusetts inn that inspired poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and was once owned by automotive pioneer Henry Ford wants its stuff back - no questions asked. Longfellow...
Sep 19, 2016
World leaders at UN approve plan for refugee crisis
World leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more co-ordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained resources and sparked divisions from Africa to Europe....
Sep 19, 2016

Naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan sought in NYC blast
NEW YORK - Police released a photo of a 28-year-old immigrant wanted for questioning Monday in the bombing that rocked a Manhattan neighbourhood, and the governor and mayor said the blast is looking i...
Sep 19, 2016

Naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan sought in NYC blast
NEW YORK - Police released a photo of a 28-year-old immigrant wanted for questioning Monday in the bombing that rocked a Manhattan neighbourhood, and the governor and mayor said the blast is looking i...
Sep 19, 2016

Miami's Wynwood cleared of Zika; focus shifts to Miami Beach
MIAMI - With health authorities declaring a win against Zika in Miami’s Wynwood arts district, their emphasis shifts to the remaining transmission zone on nearby Miami Beach, where residents hav...
Sep 19, 2016
Search ongoing in Lake Superior for 3 missing boaters
CHASSELL, Mich. - Authorities are searching Lake Superior for three boaters, including a 9-year-old and his father, who didn’t return from a fishing trip. Family members called police when the t...
Sep 19, 2016
Hold your nose: Morphy's about to bloom
HANOVER, N.H. - A rare “corpse flower” is about to bloom at Dartmouth College. The titan arum named Morphy is 13 years old and hasn’t bloomed since 2011. Officials at Dartmouth’...
Sep 19, 2016