Category Archives: World
Brazil: man kills ex-wife, son, others in New Year's crime
SAO PAULO - A man broke into a house in southeastern Brazil where his ex-wife was ringing in the New Year and shot and killed her, their son and at least 10 other people before taking his own life, mi...
Jan 01, 2017
The Latest: Delaware businessman wounded in Turkey attack
ISTANBUL - The Latest on a deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub. (all times local): 7:30 a.m. The State Department has confirmed that a Delaware businessman originally from Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania...
Jan 01, 2017

17 still missing after Indonesia boat fire kills 23
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A search resumed Monday for 17 people reported missing after a ferry fire off the coast of Indonesia’s capital that left at least 23 dead, officials said. The victims died S...
Jan 01, 2017
New Year's revelers ring in 2017 in Times Square
NEW YORK - Confetti fell, fireworks boomed and TV cameras rolled as a massive crowd in Times Square said goodbye to a dizzying year dominated by a bitter presidential election and gave a full-throated...
Dec 31, 2016

Ryan Seacrest gets stuck in Times Square elevator, rescued
NEW YORK - TV host Ryan Seacrest says he and about five other people got stuck in a Times Square elevator before an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and were rescued by fir...
Dec 31, 2016
The Latest: 1 million ring in New Year in Times Square
NEW YORK - The Latest on New York’s New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square (all times local): 12:25 a.m. An estimated 1 million revelers have rung in the new year in Times Square. Uni...
Dec 31, 2016
N. Korea: Developing long-range missiles 'in final stages'
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea’s development of banned long-range missiles is in “final stages,” the country’s leader Kim Jong Un was quoted as saying in his New Year&...
Dec 31, 2016

Congo president to leave after 2017 vote under new deal
KINSHASA, Congo - Political parties in Congo signed a deal late Saturday that calls for President Joseph Kabila to leave power after an election that now will be held by the end of next year instead o...
Dec 31, 2016
Texas judge halts federal transgender health protections
AUSTIN, Texas - A federal judge in Texas on Saturday ordered a halt to another Obama administration effort to strengthen transgender rights, this time over health rules that social conservatives say c...
Dec 31, 2016
Ban Ki-moon buoyed by climate accord but laments conflicts
Ban Ki-moon ends 10 years at the helm of the United Nations lamenting the “fires still burning” from Syria to South Sudan but buoyed by a global agreement to combat climate change and new ...
Dec 31, 2016