Category Archives: World

Keys, lightbulbs tied to Thomas Edison go up for auction
TRENTON, N.J. - Keys to the New Jersey lab where Thomas Edison invented the phonograph are up for auction in Dallas, along with some of the lightbulbs that he perfected. A Pittsburgh man acquired the ...
Dec 03, 2016
A Donald Trump museum? Atlantic City historians consider it
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A group of historians in Atlantic City wants to open a museum dedicated to President-elect Donald Trump. Stockton University professor Bob Blaskiewicz told the Press of Atlantic ...
Dec 03, 2016

The Latest: Oakland sports teams donating to fire victims
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Latest on a deadly fire in a converted warehouse in Oakland, California (all times local): 9 p.m. The NBA Golden State Warriors say the team is donating $50,000 to help families ...
Dec 03, 2016

Death toll in warehouse fire rises to 24, with more expected
OAKLAND, Calif. - The death toll in a late-night dance party fire at a converted Oakland warehouse rose to 24 on Sunday as firefighters dug slowly through the charred remnants of the building in their...
Dec 03, 2016
Campus attack could be latest terror case in heartland state
CINCINNATI - Authorities are investigating terrorism as a possible motive in the car-and-knife attack on the Ohio State University campus, the latest in a series of cases involving young men who appar...
Dec 03, 2016

A Castro legacy: Cuban-Americans' hefty clout in US politics
MIAMI - Cuban-Americans carry hefty political clout in the United States - they vote more frequently than any other Latinos; they have a strong presence in Washington with three senators, two of whom ...
Dec 03, 2016
Within hours, wildfires set Tennessee mountain city aflame
GATLINBURG, Tenn. - Tracey Mayberry told her boss to fire her. It was 2 o’clock Monday afternoon in Gatlinburg, and the sky was dark with smoke. Mayberry’s shift as a manager at the resort...
Dec 03, 2016
Police: stolen Nazi camp gate probe could be complicated
COPENHAGEN - The investigation into how an iron gate stolen from the Nazis’ Dachau concentration camp in southern Germany ended up in western Norway may be complicated because “no useable ...
Dec 03, 2016
Jury going into next week in ex-officer's murder trial
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The jury in the murder trial of a former South Carolina police officer charged with gunning down a black motorist will continue deliberating next week, despite at one point Friday a...
Dec 03, 2016

Panel urges better cybersecurity to President-elect Trump
WASHINGTON - A presidential commission on Friday made 16 urgent recommendations to improve the nation’s cybersecurity, including creating a nutritional-type label to help consumers shop wisely a...
Dec 03, 2016