Category Archives: World
Official: Gas spill has had no impact on water so far
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - There has been little impact to the water supply so far from a ruptured pipeline during a freak storm in Pennsylvania that sent nearly 55,000 gallons of gasoline into a creek tribu...
Oct 22, 2016
Colombia airline resumes Caracas flights after scare
BOGOTA - Colombia’s flagship airline briefly grounded all flights to Caracas after a Venezuela air force plane flew close to a passenger jet, but the company said Saturday it was resuming servic...
Oct 22, 2016
Stray cat patrol: Feral felines deployed in NYC war on rats
NEW YORK - Multitudes of feral cats roam New York City’s concrete jungle, and some now have a practical purpose: They’re helping curb the city’s rat population. A group of volunteers...
Oct 22, 2016
Cincinnati braces for racially charged police shooting trial
CINCINNATI - Under tight courthouse security and close monitoring by local officials concerned about keeping the peace, jury selection begins Tuesday for the murder trial of a white university police ...
Oct 22, 2016
2 children killed in Georgia home invasion
JONESBORO, Ga. - Police are investigating a deadly home invasion involving children in Georgia. Officers found an 11-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy shot to death inside a house in Jonesboro on Satu...
Oct 22, 2016
Clinton campaign: No health issues after mailed powder found
NEW YORK - The Hillary Clinton campaign says four people have been examined by medical personnel after a white powdery substance arrived at a New York campaign office and they have reported no health ...
Oct 22, 2016
Nobel academy member calls Bob Dylan's silence 'arrogant'
STOCKHOLM - A member of the Swedish Academy that awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature to Bob Dylan says the U.S. singer-songwriter’s silence since receiving the honour is “impolite a...
Oct 22, 2016
Suspected militants gun down Egyptian army officer
CAIRO - Suspected Islamic militants on Saturday gunned down a senior Egyptian army officer near his home in an eastern Cairo suburb, according to two security officials. The officials identified the v...
Oct 22, 2016

Iraqi leader resists US push for Turkish role in Mosul fight
BAGHDAD - U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter’s push for Iraq to let Turkey play a role in the Mosul battle encountered resistance Saturday from Iraq’s prime minister, who said his country...
Oct 22, 2016

Iraq pushes into town near Mosul after IS assault on Kirkuk
BARTELLA, Iraq - The Iraqi army pushed into a town near the Islamic State-held city of Mosul on Saturday, a day after dozens of IS militants stormed into the northern city of Kirkuk, setting off two d...
Oct 22, 2016