Category Archives: World
Officials: Woman throws dog from bridge, claiming it can fly
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. - Authorities say a woman claimed dogs could fly before tossing a small dog about 30 feet off a South Florida bridge, injuring the animal. Capt. David Walesky of Palm Beach County ...
Jan 19, 2017
Judge blocks Texas from cutting off Planned Parenthood funds
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas was temporarily blocked Thursday from ousting Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program over secretly recorded videos taken by anti-abortion activists in 2015. T...
Jan 19, 2017
Actors, mayors rally at inauguration eve Trump demonstration
NEW YORK - Actors Robert De Niro, Sally Field and Mark Ruffalo joined hundreds of other people outside a Donald Trump building on Thursday for a pre-inauguration demonstration organizers said was mean...
Jan 19, 2017
Markets Right Now: Dow industrials post 5th straight decline
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Stocks ended slightly lower on Wall Street, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average to its fifth loss in a row....
Jan 19, 2017
Brazil investigates crash that killed Car Wash probe judge
SAO PAULO - Brazilian authorities on Friday were investigating a plane crash that killed the Supreme Court justice in charge of a major corruption case just weeks before he was scheduled to issue a ru...
Jan 19, 2017
Photomontages from Holocaust memorial selfies go viral
BERLIN - A series of photomontages showing people striking poses, taking selfies and even juggling at the Holocaust memorial in Berlin before the background changes to show them posing amid piles of m...
Jan 19, 2017
Stolen Van Gogh paintings recovered in Italy to head home
AMSTERDAM - Two paintings by Vincent van Gogh that were stolen from an Amsterdam museum in 2002 and recovered by Italian police last year are set to return to the Netherlands. The Van Gogh Museum said...
Jan 19, 2017
Documents: Woman knew for months she'd been stolen at birth
An 18-year-old who was kidnapped as an infant discovered months ago that she had been raised by her abductor under an assumed name, court documents show. An arrest warrant affidavit filed in the case ...
Jan 19, 2017
Suspected WWII bomb found in River Thames in London
LONDON - Two of London’s busiest bridges were closed Thursday and roads cordoned off after a suspected World War II bomb was found in the River Thames. The Metropolitan Police force said officer...
Jan 19, 2017
Spike Lee won't use Chrisette Michele over inaugural gig
WASHINGTON - Spike Lee says he won’t be using Chrisette Michele’s music in an upcoming project because of her decision to perform at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Mich...
Jan 19, 2017