Category Archives: World
Leftovers 'Moana,' 'Fantastic Beasts' rule box office again
LOS ANGELES - Audiences came back for a second helping of “Moana” and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” this weekend. Both family-friendly films topped the post-Thanksg...
Dec 04, 2016
46 claims filed in 2 months to priest abuse victims program
NEW YORK - It took 30 years for a former student to be ready to report he’d been sexually abused by a respected Roman Catholic priest on high school trips. But it didn’t take long to reali...
Dec 04, 2016
Bipedal bear's apparent death motivates bear hunt opponents
TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey’s long-debated black bear hunts have stoked strong passions, blasted by animal rights activists as inhumane and supported by hunters and wildlife officials who say the...
Dec 04, 2016
Researchers grow protective biological soil crusts
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - In a greenhouse at Northern Arizona University, a professor is researching an oft-overlooked ecological field that could play an important role in preventing erosion and helping pla...
Dec 04, 2016
Mainstream relief as leftist candidate wins in Austria
VIENNA - Left-leaning Alexander Van der Bellen triumphed over his right-wing rival Sunday in the vote for Austria’s presidency, a victory welcomed by moderate politicians across Europe as a blow...
Dec 04, 2016
Report: Company sold turf product after learning of defects
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. - The country’s leading maker of artificial sports turf sold more than 1,000 fields to towns, schools and teams nationwide after its executives knew they were falling apart fast...
Dec 04, 2016
Plans to restore NASA mission control room remain in limbo
HOUSTON - Plans to restore the NASA mission control room that served as the nerve centre when man first reached the moon have been discussed for more than 20 years, but its restoration and preservatio...
Dec 04, 2016
Cuban exiles see only a glimmer of hope in Castro's funeral
MIAMI - In the heart of Miami’s Little Havana, Cuban exile Armando Garcia said Sunday’s funeral of Fidel Castro granted neither simple closure nor optimism for immediate change, but was a ...
Dec 04, 2016
Jewish family battles Spain museum over art looted by Nazis
LOS ANGELES - In the epic, 16-year battle over a priceless painting looted by the Nazis, there is one point on which all sides agree: When Lilly Cassirer and her husband fled Germany ahead of the Holo...
Dec 04, 2016
US, China, EU, others fail to reach environmental goods deal
GENEVA - Forty-six countries including the U.S., China and European Union nations failed Sunday to agree on a list of “environmental goods” like solar-powered air conditioners or LED light...
Dec 04, 2016