Category Archives: World
Drugs, alcohol not involved in bus crash; 6th child dies
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A school bus driver had no drugs or alcohol in his system when he careened off a road and smashed into a tree, killing six elementary schoolchildren, police said Wednesday. Chatta...
Nov 23, 2016
Coin toss for a council seat: Tied race determined by chance
SALT LAKE CITY - Officials settled a deadlocked race for a spot on a city council in suburban Salt Lake City by drawing names from a pilgrim hat and flipping a coin - a decision-by-chance that Utah an...
Nov 23, 2016
School probes Muslim kindergartner's mistreatment allegation
RALEIGH, N.C. - Charlotte’s public school system is investigating allegations that a kindergarten teacher singled out a 5-year-old student for harassment because he’s Muslim. The Council o...
Nov 23, 2016
Ailing humpback whale stuck on New York sandbar euthanized
EAST MORICHES, N.Y. - An ailing humpback whale that became grounded on a sandbar in a bay was euthanized on Wednesday, three days after rescuers first tried to set it free. The death of the whale, whi...
Nov 23, 2016
Opposing sides dig in over close N. Carolina governor's race
RALEIGH, N.C. - A conservative group filed a request Wednesday for an urgent hearing on North Carolina voters who cast ballots through same-day registration, while the state NAACP criticized the legal...
Nov 23, 2016

99-year-old woman named America happy to become a US citizen
NEW YORK - At age 99, a woman named America has become a U.S. citizen. America Maria Hernandez, who was born in Colombia in 1917 and was brought to the U.S. by one of her daughters in 1988, signed her...
Nov 23, 2016

FBI: No hallucinogens found in system of face-biting suspect
STUART, Fla. - The Florida college student accused of randomly killing a couple and chewing on the dead man’s face had no detectable hallucinogenic drugs in his system, according an FBI toxicolo...
Nov 23, 2016
Fed minutes raise expectations for December hike
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials earlier this month believed it would be appropriate to raise a key interest rate “relatively soon,” with some arguing for a hike at the Fed’s n...
Nov 23, 2016

Jury awards California truckers $54M in Wal-Mart wage suit
SAN FRANCISCO - Wal-Mart intentionally failed to pay hundreds of truck drivers in California the minimum wage for duties such as inspecting and washing their vehicles, a federal jury decided Wednesday...
Nov 23, 2016

China rebuffs Trump threat to take steps to win trade edge
WASHINGTON - China pushed back Wednesday against President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to use sanctions to win back a competitive trade advantage for the United States. On the campaign trail, Tr...
Nov 23, 2016