Category Archives: World
Australia police: Christmas Day bomb plot foiled, 5 detained
CANBERRA, Australia - Police in Australia have detained five men suspected of planning a series of Christmas Day bomb attacks in the heart of the country’s second-largest city, officials said Fr...
Dec 22, 2016
Wisconsin officials file charges in lottery fixing scheme
DES MOINES, Iowa - A former lottery computer administrator from Iowa and a friend from Texas were charged Thursday in Wisconsin with racketeering and theft by fraud for allegedly rigging a 2007 Megabu...
Dec 22, 2016
Mall of America to close theatres; new entertainment planned
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - The Mall of America plans to close its movie theatres next week and revamp the space for a new entertainment venue. Mall spokesman Dan Jasper says the 14 theatre screens will go d...
Dec 22, 2016
Man charged with killing ex-reality TV contestant
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged a 34-year-old man with killing a former reality-TV contestant who vanished after a party last weekend and was found buried in a backyard...
Dec 22, 2016

New Mexico OKs reopening troubled nuclear dump
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - New Mexico regulators have approved restarting normal operations at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository, a major step for U.S. officials aiming to reopen t...
Dec 22, 2016

Clinton wins popular vote by nearly 2.9 million
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton received nearly 2.9 million more votes than President-elect Donald Trump, giving her the largest popular vote margin of any losing presidential candidate. Certified result...
Dec 22, 2016

Anthony Bourdain has 'contempt' for Trump hotel restaurateur
NEW YORK - A restaurant in President-elect Donald Trump’s Washington hotel will remain “Parts Unknown” to celebrity chef and TV host Anthony Bourdain. Bourdain tells foodie-focused w...
Dec 22, 2016

Argentina court indicts Bieber over attack on photographer
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A court in Argentina has indicted Justin Bieber for allegedly sending his bodyguards to beat up a photographer and take his camera equipment outside a Buenos Aires nightclub ...
Dec 22, 2016
Defiance, not fear, as Berlin Christmas market reopens
Berlin stall holder Axel Kaiser recalls hearing a “dull bang” and seeing a nearby wooden Christmas market stand smashed to pieces by a truck. In the next few minutes, he helped tend to doz...
Dec 22, 2016
Lawyer says Wahlberg movie unfair to Boston bomber's widow
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A lawyer for Katherine Russell, widow of one of the Boston Marathon bombers, says the new film “Patriots Day” is unfair because it suggests she knew something was up bef...
Dec 22, 2016