Category Archives: World
Mall fights send post-holiday shoppers scrambling for exits
BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Fights broke out at malls around the country Monday night sending shoppers, who were looking for post-holiday deals, scrambling for the exits. No one was seriously injured in the mal...
Dec 26, 2016
China plans to land probes on far side of moon, Mars by 2020
BEIJING - China vowed Tuesday to speed up the development of its space industry as it set out its plans to become the first country to soft land a probe on the far side of the moon, around 2018, and l...
Dec 26, 2016
South Korean ruling party splits over impeached president
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - While lawyers desperately tried to restore the impeached South Korean president’s powers, politics advanced without her Tuesday as parties and potential candidates po...
Dec 26, 2016
Thousands attend Mexican girl's party following viral invite
LA JOYA, Mexico - Looking overwhelmed by the attention, yet resplendent in an elaborate fuchsia dress and gleaming tiara, Rubi Ibarra celebrated her 15th birthday on Monday in a rural Mexican village ...
Dec 26, 2016
Pepper spray used to disperse crowd after fight at Ohio mall
BEACHWOOD, Ohio - Police in Ohio say officers have used pepper spray to disperse a large crowd following a fight at an upscale shopping mall. Cleveland.com (http://bit.ly/2ilwL9o ) reports the fight b...
Dec 26, 2016
1 Tenn. inmate still on the run after Christmas jail break
NEWPORT, Tenn. - Authorities in Tennessee say they have recaptured five of the six inmates who broke out of jail on Christmas Day. The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office says six inmates escaped from...
Dec 26, 2016
Statue export ban hits at Pyongyang's soft power, hard cash
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - With somewhere around 4,000 artists and staff, the Mansudae Art Studio, a huge complex of nondescript concrete buildings on a sprawling, walle...
Dec 26, 2016
Pennsylvania prof under fire for 'white genocide' tweet
A Drexel University professor has been summoned to a meeting with school officials after he tweeted a Christmas Eve message that appeared to support “white genocide.” George Ciccariello-Ma...
Dec 26, 2016
Trump names Bush-era veteran and policy newcomer to posts
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday appointed an experienced hand from the George W. Bush era to his national security circle and a figure from the Trump Organization to ma...
Dec 26, 2016
Atheist group offers church-like gathering in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY - A new Salt Lake City atheist group is offering non-believers a church-like service that offers music, readings and community for those who don’t belong to the state’s domi...
Dec 26, 2016