Category Archives: World
Researchers find Cumberbatch related to Holmes' creator
NEW YORK - Genealogy detectives have discovered that Benedict Cumberbatch, the British actor who portrays Sherlock Holmes in the PBS television series, is distantly related to the author who created t...
Dec 31, 2016
Silent march through downtown Chicago marks year of violence
CHICAGO - Hundreds of people carried crosses Saturday for each person slain in Chicago this year during a quiet march along Michigan Avenue. The three-foot-tall crosses were engraved with the name of ...
Dec 31, 2016
The Latest: Russia envoy urges settlement of Syria conflict
The latest on the conflict in Syria, and the Russia and Turkey brokered cease-fire agreement between Syria’s government and opposition rebels. All times local. ___ 10:30 p.m. Russia’s U.N....
Dec 31, 2016
Veteran's death investigated after struggle with deputies
LAND O’LAKES, Fla. - Authorities are investigating after an Air Force veteran died following a struggle with Tampa Bay-area sheriff’s deputies. The Tampa Bay Times reports (http://bit.ly/2...
Dec 31, 2016
Observatory named for John Glenn proposed at Ohio state park
LOGAN, Ohio - Backers are fundraising to build an observatory and astronomy park named for the late space hero John Glenn at a state park in his native Ohio. Members of the non-profit Friends of Hocki...
Dec 31, 2016
Police: Whale spotted swimming in New York City's East River
NEW YORK - Officers patrolling New York City’s harbour in a police boat have spotted a whale in the East River. The New York Police Department’s special operations division posted a photo ...
Dec 31, 2016
Pope urges the faithful to help youth find purpose
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis strolled through St. Peter’s Square Saturday evening during the last frigid hours of 2016, exchanging New Year’s Eve greetings with the faithful. Francis made h...
Dec 31, 2016
Recovery of missing plane with 6 aboard to start Sunday
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Recovery efforts are expected to begin Sunday for a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland’s shores. Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson expres...
Dec 31, 2016
Trump ditches media for golf game
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President-elect Donald Trump has ditched his press pool once again - this time travelling to play golf at his club in Jupiter, Florida, without a pool of journalists on hand to...
Dec 31, 2016
In 2017, GOP Congress sees mandate to undo Obama's agenda
WASHINGTON - Republicans’ grip on all levers of power stands as a mandate to the GOP-led Congress, which will move swiftly to try to undo eight years of outgoing President Barack Obama’s a...
Dec 31, 2016