Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama says skiing does for her what golf does for President Barack Obama. Appearing at a children’s hospital Monday and answering some patients’ questions, Mrs. Obama...

Presidential election recount efforts came to an end Monday in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, with both states certifying Republican Donald Trump as the winner in contests that helped put him over the to...

WACO, Texas - A Texas zoo has set up a gift registry for an expectant orangutan couple, complete with bubble bath and a Dolly Parton CD. The Cameron Park Zoo in Waco is requesting several items for Me...

NEW YORK - Toronto-native John Roberts is taking over as chief White House correspondent for Fox News Channel, the network announced Monday. He will begin his new duties on Inauguration Day. Roberts, ...

NEW ORLEANS - Retired “Late Show” host David Letterman went to New Orleans to help build a house for someone needing a boost. Volunteer Kate O’Leary sent WWL-TV (http://bit.ly/2gwY2b...

PITTSBURGH - A man accused of not calling 911 when the mother of his toddler son sent him videos of the boy’s lifeless body during hours’ worth of angry text messages is headed to trial on...

WASHINGTON - The federal government’s deficit jumped sharply in November but for the first two months of the budget year is running 10 per cent lower than a year ago. The Treasury Department sai...

ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities arrested more than 200 people Monday following suicide bombings near an Istanbul stadium that killed 44 people. The arrests primarily targeted members of a Kurdish polit...

LYNN, Ark. - Authorities say an 8-year-old boy who was playing in a church cemetery was killed after a tombstone broke and fell on top of him. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office says the boy w...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - An attorney for a Florida woman accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband told a jury that detectives were more interested in starring on “Cops” than ...