Category Archives: World

Clinton wraps up Hamptons fundraising swing
SAGAPONACK, N.Y. — Hillary Clinton is wrapping a fundraising blitz in the Hamptons, where she has racked up millions during a three-day swing. The Democratic presidential nominee hopped from man...
Aug 30, 2016
Police: 5 injured when ferry hits kayakers on Hudson River
NEW YORK — Five kayakers were injured Tuesday when they were struck by a ferry departing a Manhattan pier and tossed into the Hudson River, police said. It happened just before 6 p.m. near Pier ...
Aug 30, 2016

911 calls: 'Gunshots going like crazy' in Pulse nightclub
ORLANDO, Fla. — Friends and relatives of patrons trapped in a gay Florida nightclub where a mass shooting left 49 people dead asked police dispatchers why it was taking so long for their loved o...
Aug 30, 2016

The Latest: Rep. Wasserman Schultz beats primary challenge
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Latest on Florida’s primary (all times local): 9:15 p.m. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has turned back a strong primary challenge and will likely be re-elected...
Aug 30, 2016

US evaluating Taliban video of captive couple in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON — The State Department said Tuesday it is evaluating a video released by the Afghan Taliban showing a Canadian man and his American wife warning that their Afghan captors will kill th...
Aug 30, 2016
An emotional Bill Clinton eyes possible exit from foundation
WASHINGTON — When Bill Clinton told the staff of his global charity he would have to step down if Hillary Clinton won the White House, he was vividly clear about how that felt: Worse than a root...
Aug 30, 2016
IS buried thousands in 72 mass graves, AP finds
HARDAN, Iraq — Surrounded by smoke and flames, the sound of gunshots echoing around him, the young man crouched in the creek for hours, listening to the men in his family die. On the other side ...
Aug 30, 2016

Obama cuts short the sentences of 111 federal inmates
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama cut short on Tuesday the sentences of 111 federal inmates in another round of commutations for those convicted of nonviolent drug offences. Obama has long cal...
Aug 30, 2016

3 men in line for Brazilian presidency accused of corruption
BRASILIA, Brazil — Impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff have put a spotlight on corruption in the ranks of Brazil’s lawmakers. Watchdog groups say about 60 per cent of ...
Aug 30, 2016

20 Democratic senators blast steep price hike for EpiPens
WASHINGTON — In a sign of growing concern in Congress, 20 Democratic senators are demanding answers about steep price hikes for the life-saving EpiPen injector device. The senators said in a let...
Aug 30, 2016