Category Archives: World
Hoax leads hundreds who served time in crowded jail to sue
CAMDEN, N.J. - About 1,800 people who have been spent time in a crowded New Jersey jail have inundated federal court officials with lawsuits after an apparent hoax led them to believe money from a set...
Dec 04, 2016
Cheers greet British veteran, 89, as he starts his new job
LONDON - An 89-year-old army veteran who made national headlines in Britain with a newspaper ad seeking work has started his new job. The Cantina Kitchen & Bar in the seaside town of Paignton in s...
Dec 04, 2016
The Latest: Tenant: Ex-tenant calls warehouse 'death trap'
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Latest on a deadly fire in a converted warehouse in Oakland, California (all times local): 1:30 p.m. A former tenant of the warehouse where a deadly fire erupted at a dance party...
Dec 04, 2016
Florida man dubbed "Grinch" arrested again by police
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Hours after a man described by police as a Christmas “Grinch” was released from a Florida jail, he is back in the slammer. The Boyton Beach Police Department says Fra...
Dec 04, 2016

Standing ovation for Obama at his last Kennedy Center Honors
WASHINGTON - The longest, loudest standing ovation of the Kennedy Center Honors gala wasn’t reserved for Al Pacino, Mavis Staples or the Eagles. Instead, it went to the man sitting to their left...
Dec 04, 2016

New Hampshire looks for answers behind oyster outbreaks
DURHAM, N.H. - For the past 25 years, researcher Stephen Jones has tried to understand the threat that bacteria may pose to oysters in New Hampshire’s Great Bay estuary. He often couldn’t ...
Dec 04, 2016
Trump continues to defend his call with Taiwan's leader
NEW YORK - President-elect Donald Trump continued to use Twitter Sunday to defend his engagement with the leader of Taiwan, a breach of diplomatic protocol as the U.S. shifted recognition from Taiwan ...
Dec 04, 2016

UK foreign secretary downplays EU payment suggestions
LONDON - Britain’s foreign secretary dismissed as “speculation” suggestions that the U.K. would pay for tariff-free trade with the European Union after it leaves the bloc. Boris John...
Dec 04, 2016

Imprisoned former CIA officer fights conviction over leak
RICHMOND, Va. - Once an employee of the powerful CIA, Jeffrey Sterling now sits behind bars at a federal prison in Colorado. He bides his time by reading and writing and working at the facility’...
Dec 04, 2016
US releases Guantanamo prisoner, resettles him in Cape Verde
MIAMI - A prisoner from Yemen at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre has been released and sent to the West African nation of Cape Verde for resettlement. The Pentagon says the release announced Sunda...
Dec 04, 2016