Category Archives: World
Actor in '60s sitcom 'F Troop' visits character's hometown
PASSAIC, N.J. - An actor in the 1960s sitcom “F Troop” has paid a visit to the New Jersey city made famous by his character - 49 years after the show went off the air. Larry Storch was wel...
Sep 14, 2016
South African park kills 350 hippos, buffalos amid drought
JOHANNESBURG - Rangers in South Africa’s biggest wildlife park are killing about 350 hippos and buffalos in an attempt to relieve the impact of the region’s most severe drought in more tha...
Sep 14, 2016
E-cigarette battery explodes in handbag, prompts mall scare
FREEHOLD, N.J. - Surveillance video has captured an e-cigarette explosion at a New Jersey mall that left a woman’s Louis Vuitton (LOO’-ee vee-TAHN’) bag smoking as she stood at a che...
Sep 14, 2016

Alibaba fires 4 employees accused of stealing mooncakes
BEIJING - Four employees at Chinese internet giant Alibaba have lost their jobs after being accused of reprogramming an internal system to steal more than 100 boxes of mooncakes, a traditional delicac...
Sep 14, 2016

Kaine downplays presidential readiness amid Clinton illness
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Tim Kaine’s role as Hillary Clinton’s vice-presidential running mate means he’d be one heartbeat away from the presidency. Clinton’s health scare, complete w...
Sep 14, 2016
Political risk for all in Trump-Clinton 'deplorables' debate
WASHINGTON - A war of words over Donald Trump’s “deplorables” is intensifying as Republicans and Democrats fight for political points over Hillary Clinton’s claim that many of ...
Sep 14, 2016
In Florida, Trump faces a Clinton campaign behemoth
MIAMI - For Donald Trump, the fight for Florida begins and ends with mass appeal: signature rallies and direct social media contact with voters who believe he can “make America great again.̶...
Sep 14, 2016
Tropical Storm Julia meanders near South Carolina, Georgia
MIAMI - Slow-moving Tropical Storm Julia is expected to meander along the Atlantic coast where Georgia and South Carolina meet, dumping rain, but not posing major threats. Forecasters at the National ...
Sep 14, 2016
Clinton has history of ignoring health - and paying a price
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The White House was submerged in scandal. Democrats faced tough midterm elections. And Hillary Clinton, far more popular than her embattled husband, had become a one-woman campaig...
Sep 14, 2016
Hungry startup uses robots to grab slice of pizza
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Did robots help make your pizza? If you ordered it from Silicon Valley’s Zume Pizza, the answer is yes. The startup, which began delivery in April, is using intelligent m...
Sep 14, 2016