Category Archives: World
As walrus arrive, Alaska village tells visitors to stay away
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A remote village on Alaska’s northwest coast has begun a reverse tourism campaign. Residents want visitors to stay away. Pacific walrus by the thousands in recent years have ...
Oct 12, 2016
River that gave life to N. Carolina town now tears it apart
LUMBERTON, N.C. - A day after fleeing from the swollen Lumber River, the residents of this down-but-not-quite-out former mill town waded into the swirling, tea-colored floodwaters Wednesday and filled...
Oct 12, 2016
2 planes clip wings on ground at airport, but no injuries
NEWARK, N.J. - Two airplanes have clipped wings while on the ground at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says no one was hurt in th...
Oct 11, 2016

Authorities: Assault rifle used to kill police in California
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - A gunman used an assault rifle to kill two police officers who were responding to a domestic disturbance call at the California home of the suspect’s family, authorities s...
Oct 11, 2016
GOP Senate candidate says he's suspended Trump endorsement
DENVER - Colorado’s Republican U.S. Senate candidate, Darryl Glenn, says he has “absolutely” suspended his endorsement of Donald Trump over Trump’s lewd remarks about women. Bu...
Oct 11, 2016
Man fatally shot by officer near homeless camp cleanup
SEATTLE - A Seattle police officer shot and killed a man involved in a knife fight Tuesday as officials were working to clean out a homeless encampment known as The Jungle, authorities said. Seattle P...
Oct 11, 2016

Mistrial exposes prosecutors' challenges in trying police
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The hung jury in the murder trial against two former Albuquerque police officers underscores the difficulty prosecutors often face in landing convictions against law enforcement in...
Oct 11, 2016

Womam charge in ex-NY governor extortion plot held on bail
NEW YORK - A young Russian woman who put Eliot Spitzer back in the tabloid headlines last winter when she told doctors he had choked her at a Manhattan hotel was charged Tuesday with extorting nearly ...
Oct 11, 2016
'Stayin' Alive' disco beat helps save subway worker's life
NEW YORK - A subway worker has survived an electrocution on the third rail thanks to a co-worker performing CPR to the beat of the 1977 Bee Gees disco hit “Stayin’ Alive.” Monique Br...
Oct 11, 2016
Police in Kansas town use Facebook in hunt for owner of meth
CHERRYVALE, Kan. - Police in the tiny town of Cherryvale, Kansas, looking to track down the owner of an abandoned gram of crystal meth have taken their case to social media. A bag with methamphetamine...
Oct 11, 2016