Category Archives: World
Flush with victory! Outhouse vote favours Hillary Clinton
ASHLAND, N.H. - A week before Election Day, a New Hampshire farm stand owner has decided to tally customers’ votes for president from an outhouse-turned-fake-voting booth. The winner: Hillary Cl...
Nov 01, 2016
Newspaper deal falls apart as Gannett gives up on Tronc
NEW YORK - USA Today publisher Gannett walked away Tuesday from its attempted takeover of Tronc, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other major dailies. Gannett’s target was...
Nov 01, 2016
Obama says Clinton to face unfair gender attacks if elected
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama predicted that some of Hillary Clinton’s opponents will belittle her as overly emotional if she becomes the nation’s first woman president. Obama’...
Nov 01, 2016
Rapper behind song 'Sell Drugz' is accused of selling drugs
LEBANON, Pa. - A rapper whose songs include “Sell Drugz” has been charged with selling drugs in Pennsylvania. Twenty-nine-year-old Michael Persaud performs under the name Montana Millz. Th...
Nov 01, 2016
A look at key players in the Dakota Access pipeline fight
BISMARCK, N.D. - The Dakota Access pipeline, a $3.8 billion, four-state project designed to carry oil from North Dakota to Illinois, has become a rallying point for American Indian tribes and others d...
Nov 01, 2016
9 killed in car bomb blast at checkpoint in northern Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - A car bomb targeting a military checkpoint on a road leading to Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri exploded Tuesday, killing all nine people in the vehicle, police and...
Nov 01, 2016
Baltimore school bus driver had traffic violation history
BALTIMORE - The Baltimore school bus driver who died along with five others in a collision with a commuter bus was found at fault in three traffic-related cases in the last eight years, according to c...
Nov 01, 2016
South African man goes to prison for Pistorius scam attempt
JOHANNESBURG - South African police say a man who posed as a prosecution official and targeted Oscar Pistorius in a scam attempt has been sentenced to four years in prison. Police said Tuesday that 33...
Nov 01, 2016
Afghan official: Roadside bomb blast kills 7 civilians
KABUL - An Afghan official says a roadside bombing has killed seven civilians in a northern province. District chief Ahmad Lemar Osmanyar says the victims were all relatives and they were travelling i...
Nov 01, 2016
Russia protests pressure to deny port access to its warships
MOSCOW - Russia’s defence minister is assailing NATO for applying pressure to deny port access to Russian warships en route to Syria’s shores. Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday the denial hasn...
Nov 01, 2016