Category Archives: World

Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt has died in Spain at 68
LONDON - Rick Parfitt, a hard-rocking British guitarist and songwriter who had multiple hits over the decades with the rock band Status Quo, has died in Spain at age 68. His manager, Simon Porter, and...
Dec 24, 2016
Republicans to target unions, expand school choice in states
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Republicans are poised to use their newly attained capitol dominance to make Missouri the 27th right-to-work state prohibiting mandatory union fees. That is unless Kentucky’...
Dec 24, 2016
GOP agenda: unions, lawsuits, abortion and school choice
Republicans emerge from the November elections holding their greatest level of power in decades. Not only will Republicans control the White House and Congress, but the GOP also will hold 33 governors...
Dec 24, 2016
Cleveland police ID officer after toddler son dies
CLEVELAND - Police on Saturday identified the veteran Cleveland officer whose 2-year-old son died after apparently shooting himself with his father’s service weapon. A Cleveland police statement...
Dec 24, 2016

Spared from demolition, 1920s black schoolhouse being saved
SAVANNAH, Ga. - As a girl in the mid-1950s, Amy Roberts would catch a ride each morning with her neighbours the Johnsons, the couple that ran the one-room schoolhouse where black children were taught ...
Dec 24, 2016

After Berlin attack, Europe weighs freedom against security
PARIS - Open borders symbolize liberty and forward thinking for many Europeans - but they increasingly look like the continent’s Achilles’ heel. Europe’s No. 1 terrorism suspect cros...
Dec 24, 2016

Sweden's German-born queen hospitalized for dizziness
COPENHAGEN - Sweden’s popular German-born Queen Silvia has been hospitalized on her 73rd birthday because of dizziness. The Swedish royal household says Silvia was kept overnight for observation...
Dec 24, 2016
Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall suffers miscarriage
LONDON - Officials say Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter, Zara Tindall, has suffered a miscarriage. She and her husband, retired rugby player Mike Tindall, had been expecting their second child...
Dec 24, 2016
As Obama accomplished policy goals, his party floundered
WASHINGTON - In boasting about his tenure in the White House, President Barack Obama often cites numbers like these: 15 million new jobs, a 4.9 per cent unemployment rate and 74 months of consecutive ...
Dec 24, 2016
Turkey arrests 1,656 social media users since summer
ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities have formally arrested 1,656 people in the past six months for allegedly supporting terrorist organizations or insulting officials on social media, and are investigating...
Dec 24, 2016