Category Archives: World
Unusual tiff between Fox's Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly
NEW YORK - Bill O’Reilly is questioning his Fox News Channel colleague Megyn Kelly’s loyalty for writing in her just-published memoir and talking about accusations that former Fox chief Ro...
Nov 16, 2016
New York dad who killed toddler, burned her body gets prison
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - A New York man who killed his toddler daughter, burned her body and dumped her remains in a waterway has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Twenty-five-year-old Ryan Lawren...
Nov 16, 2016
Wisconsin to appeal to feds over 'Making a Murderer' inmate
MADISON, Wis. - A federal judge told Wisconsin prison officials on Wednesday that they must release an inmate featured in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” by Friday evening. It’...
Nov 16, 2016
Minnesota officer charged in black man's killing
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota police officer has been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the killing of a black man in a St. Paul suburb. Prosecutors announced the charge against St. Anthony p...
Nov 16, 2016
Ancient latrines, a lucky horse: New finds at Circus Maximus
ROME - Six years of excavations have given Rome a new tourist attraction in Circus Maximus , the sprawling valley where chariot races once delighted the ancient city’s denizens. The archaeologic...
Nov 16, 2016
Bombs strike rebel-held Aleppo and northern Syria, 54 dead
BEIRUT - Bombs rained down on rebel-held eastern Aleppo for a second straight day Wednesday, pounding a district that houses several medical facilities, including the central blood bank, and forcing S...
Nov 16, 2016
Nobel no-show: Dylan not coming to Stockholm to get prize
COPENHAGEN - Bob Dylan won’t be coming to Stockholm to pick up his 2016 Nobel Prize for literature at the Dec. 10 prize ceremony. The Swedish Academy said Wednesday that Dylan told them “h...
Nov 16, 2016
Bon Jovi donation helps save Ben Franklin's gravestone
PHILADELPHIA - A fundraising campaign to help save Benjamin Franklin’s damaged gravestone is no longer livin’ on a prayer. Rocker Jon bon Jovi and his wife, Dorothea, on Tuesday donated $5...
Nov 16, 2016
Illinois leaders going to Rome as Cupich becomes cardinal
CHICAGO - A delegation of Illinois political, religious, police and business leaders plan to travel to Rome this week as Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich becomes a cardinal. The list that Chicago Mayor...
Nov 16, 2016
Nobel no-show: Dylan not coming to Stockholm to get prize
COPENHAGEN - Bob Dylan won’t be coming to Stockholm to pick up his 2016 Nobel Prize for literature at the Dec. 10 prize ceremony. The Swedish Academy said Wednesday that Dylan told them “h...
Nov 16, 2016