Category Archives: World
California's Sierra Nevada sees snowfall
TRUCKEE, Calif. - An autumn snowstorm dusted higher elevations in California’s Sierra Nevada with several inches of fresh powder. Authorities required drivers to use tire chains on several roads...
Oct 17, 2016
Trouble at Music Man Square in Meredith Willson's hometown
MASON CITY, Iowa - The Music Man Square in the hometown of “The Music Man” creator Meredith Willson is floundering. The Mason City Foundation Board runs the attraction, which is housed in ...
Oct 17, 2016
Howard Stern won't air past Donald Trump interviews
NEW YORK - Howard Stern doesn’t plan to air old interviews with Donald Trump featuring the now Republican presidential candidate discussing his sexual exploits. The talk show host said Monday on...
Oct 17, 2016
UN announces agreement on 72-hour Yemen cease-fire
SANAA, Yemen - The warring parties in Yemen have agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire that will take effect shortly before midnight Wednesday, the U.N. special envoy to Yemen said. Special Envoy Ismail Ould...
Oct 17, 2016
Panama's Noriega to be allowed to recuperate in hospital
PANAMA CITY - A Panamanian court has ordered that imprisoned former leader Manuel Noriega be allowed to prepare for and recuperate from a surgery at a public hospital rather than prison. In a statemen...
Oct 17, 2016
Rocket launch reignites space station deliveries in Virginia
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - One of NASA’s main delivery companies made a triumphant comeback seen up and down the East Coast on Monday night, launching its first space station shipment from Virginia ...
Oct 17, 2016
Judge won't make official OK contracts with LGBT language
BATON ROUGE, La. - A judge has thrown out the Louisiana governor’s lawsuit seeking to force the state attorney general to sign off on legal contracts that include anti-discrimination language to...
Oct 17, 2016
NBC News fires Billy Bush after lewd Donald Trump tape airs
NEW YORK - NBC News on Monday fired “Today” show host Billy Bush, who was caught on tape in a vulgar conversation about women with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump before an &#...
Oct 17, 2016
Mosul operation to test UN humanitarian efforts
The military operation to wrest Mosul from the Islamic State group could potentially become the single largest, most complex humanitarian operation in the world in 2016, a U.N. official said Monday. S...
Oct 17, 2016
Virginia man pleads guilty to trying to help Islamic State
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A northern Virginia man pleaded guilty Monday to trying to help the Islamic State group after a sting operation caught him buying gift cards and filming potential landmarks in the D....
Oct 17, 2016