Category Archives: World
Roof won't use mental health experts to try to save his life
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Dylann Roof doesn’t want jurors to consider his mental health when they decide next month whether he should face the death penalty for killing nine black Charleston church worsh...
Dec 17, 2016
Official: Texas city had 3 reports of dirty water before ban
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - There were three reports of dirty water before the 300,000 residents of Corpus Christi were told not to drink the city’s water due to a chemical leak at an asphalt plant,...
Dec 17, 2016
Booby found on UK beach flown back to Caribbean home
LONDON - Norman the booby bird may have clocked up the most unlikely air miles in aviation history. The red-footed booby, a native of tropical zones, was discovered on a southern English beach Sept. 4...
Dec 17, 2016
Strike closes Eiffel Tower for 5th day
PARIS - The Eiffel Tower has closed for a fifth day in a strike over working conditions - causing disappointment for scores of tourists. The monument’s management apologized Saturday to the visi...
Dec 17, 2016
Drug overdose deaths increased significantly in past 5 years
CONCORD, N.H. - Drug overdose deaths have increased by 33 per cent in the past five years across the country, with some states seeing jumps of nearly 200 per cent. According to data from the Centers f...
Dec 17, 2016
Pope eats with homeless on 80th birthday, gets 70,000 emails
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis celebrated an active if low-key 80th birthday on Saturday, sharing breakfast with eight homeless people before celebrating Mass with cardinals as greetings poured in from a...
Dec 17, 2016
Papua New Guinea quake causes small tsunami, no damage
SYDNEY, Australia - A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, generating a small tsunami and knocking out power in parts of the Pacific island nation. There were no i...
Dec 17, 2016
UK restores order after worst prison uprising since 1990
LONDON - Security officers restored order Saturday at a prison in the central English city of Birmingham a day after an estimated 600 inmates seized control and launched a destructive rampage. Authori...
Dec 17, 2016
China says it will give drone back, but Trump says 'keep it'
BEIJING - China says its military seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater glider in the South China Sea, but that it will give it back. President-elect Donald Trump, however, says the Chinese governmen...
Dec 17, 2016
Trump says Michelle Obama's 'no hope' comment about the past
MOBILE, Ala. - President-elect Donald Trump said first lady Michelle Obama “must have been talking about the past” when she said there’s no sense of hope after his election. Trump, s...
Dec 17, 2016