Category Archives: World

Gas explosion rocks Portland shopping district, injuring 8
PORTLAND, Ore. - A powerful natural gas explosion rocked a busy Portland, Oregon, shopping district Wednesday, injuring eight people and igniting a fire that sent a huge plume of smoke over the heart ...
Oct 19, 2016

Fiat Chrysler recalls 224K Jeeps; air bags may not work
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 224,000 Jeep Wrangler SUVs worldwide because the air bags may not inflate in a crash. The recall covers certain 2016 and 2017 Wranglers. The company says...
Oct 19, 2016
VIEWERS' GUIDE: Mind games, closing arguments in Round 3
WASHINGTON - It was barely three weeks ago that Donald Trump opened the first presidential debate by asking, with faux deference, if it was OK to refer to his opponent as “Secretary Clinton.R...
Oct 19, 2016
Man in Afghan uniform kills 1 US soldier, 1 US civilian
KABUL - A man wearing an Afghan army uniform killed a U.S. service member and an American civilian in the capital Kabul on Wednesday, NATO and an Afghan official said. A NATO statement said another U....
Oct 19, 2016
Hundreds mourn top filmmaker Andrzej Wajda in Poland
KRAKOW, Poland - Hundreds of people mourning for Poland’s leading filmmaker Andrzej Wajda are paying their respect by passing in silence before an urn with Wajda’s ashes at a church in sou...
Oct 19, 2016
ICC convicts former Congo VP of interfering with witnesses
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted a former Congolese vice-president and four members of his legal team of interfering with witnesses, saying the case sho...
Oct 19, 2016
French leader's frank comments in new book cause shockwaves
PARIS - Normally a man of consensus and caution, President Francois Hollande’s frank comments in a new book written by two journalists is causing shockwaves in France. “A President Shouldn...
Oct 19, 2016

Correction: Campaign 2016-Debate story
LAS VEGAS - In one version of an Oct. 20 story about the final presidential debate, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Donald Trump “repeatedly” called Hillary Clinton a “...
Oct 19, 2016

In Colorado, Trump calls for congressional term limits
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he’ll push for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on members of Congress if he’s elected to the White House. The p...
Oct 19, 2016
Pence visits firebombed office, defends 'rigged' claims
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. - Republican vice-presidential hopeful Mike Pence is condemning the firebombing of a North Carolina Republican campaign office as an “act of political terrorism.” The In...
Oct 19, 2016