Category Archives: World

ATLANTA — A grand jury on Wednesday charged a white former Atlanta police officer with felony murder and other crimes in the death of an unarmed black man who was driving a car. The Fulton Count...

DURHAM, N.C. — A North Carolina man was freed from jail Wednesday after a judge tossed his conviction in a double-murder case tried 21 years ago by the prosecutor who was later disbarred for lyi...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — An Oklahoma police department is investigating after an officer used pepper spray to subdue an 84-year-old woman in her home. Footage from a police body camera shows an officer...

HILO, Hawaii — Merchants boarded up shop windows Wednesday along Hilo Bay, and shoppers snatched supplies of food and water from grocery store shelves as what could be the first hurricane to hit...

SAO PAULO — Two dramas that grabbed global attention — the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the removal of Brazil’s president — have now concluded. But Brazil is far from answeri...

LOS ANGELES — Naked Donald Trump could be yours. Celebrity auction house Julien’s Auctions said Wednesday that it will sell one of the life-sized, naked Trump statues artist collective IND...

CHICAGO — Federal court records show that prosecutors are seeking a nine-month prison sentence for an Illinois man accused of hacking into email and electronic accounts of 30 celebrities and ste...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Retiring U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield says he will resign from office next week, triggering a special election that will give his successor a head start in Congress. The Republican co...

NEW YORK — In a story Aug. 30, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Alliance for Downtown New York, reported that 266,000 workers are employed in the private sector in Lower Man...

WASHINGTON — Republican Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and John McCain of Arizona turned toward the general election Wednesday with GOP control of the Senate at risk, each facing lesser-known Demo...