Category Archives: World

WALTERBORO, S.C. - Neighbours knew them for years as a church-going mother and her polite teenage daughter before police swarmed Gloria Williams’ home in this small, quiet South Carolina city. W...

MOSUL, Iraq - Iraqi forces have won a string of swift territorial gains in Mosul in the fight against the Islamic State group after months of slow progress, with a senior officer on Saturday laying cl...

BEIRUT - Islamic State militants launched their biggest assault in a year on government-held areas of the contested city of Deir el-Zour Saturday, attacking from several fronts and triggering intense ...

WASHINGTON - A story widely shared online that claims President Barack Obama’s mother-in-law will receive a lifetime government pension is false. The post published by The Boston Tribune, a sati...

WASHINGTON - It’s the great port-a-potty coverup for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Workers preparing for the inauguration Jan. 20 have taped over the name of the company - &...

PASADENA, Calif. - A roundup of news Friday from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs. ____ UNDERG...

NEW YORK - Moody’s Corp. has agreed to pay nearly $864 million to settle federal and state claims it gave inflated ratings to risky mortgage investments in the years leading up to the financial ...

LONDON - A committee of British lawmakers is urging Prime Minister Theresa May to clarify her intentions on Brexit - particularly whether she intends to keep Britain in the European Union’s larg...

LOS ANGELES - Two years after guiding the company through an unprecedented email hack, Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton is leaving the company to become the chairman of the board for Snap Inc., t...

LOS ANGELES - A judge has finalized the divorce of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard after months of bickering over the final terms of their breakup. The judgment was entered Friday in Los Angeles after att...