Category Archives: World
NewsAlert: Hurricane Matthew weakens as it nears Florida shore
MIAMI - Hurricane Matthew has weakened slightly to a Category 3 storm as it moves closer to Florida, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. Forecasters say hurricane conditions are expected ...
Oct 06, 2016
Scientists announce discovery of Brazil's largest dinosaur
SAO PAULO - Brazilian scientists on Wednesday announced the discovery of what they say is the largest dinosaur ever found in South America’s biggest country. Diogenes Campos, director of Rio de ...
Oct 06, 2016
JonBenet's brother files defamation suit against pathologist
DETROIT - A forensic pathologist in Michigan is being sued by the older brother of JonBenet Ramsey following an interview in which he said Burke Ramsey killed the 6-year-old girl. A defamation complai...
Oct 06, 2016
Tolls rises as Haiti digs out from Hurricane Matthew
JEREMIE, Haiti - People across southwest Haiti were digging through the wreckage of their homes Friday, salvaging what they could of their meagre possessions after devastating Hurricane Matthew killed...
Oct 06, 2016
Backpage.com raided, CEO arrested for sex-trafficking
DALLAS - State agents raided the Dallas headquarters of adult classified ad portal Backpage and arrested Chief Executive Officer Carl Ferrer on Thursday following allegations that adult and child sex-...
Oct 06, 2016
Judge: Dead NY Rangers player a victim of organized sports
NEW YORK - A New York Rangers player who died in 2011 of an accidental overdose of prescription painkillers and a minor league hockey player who supplied him with pills are victims of organized sports...
Oct 06, 2016
Domingo's LA Opera contract extended through 2021-22
LOS ANGELES - Placido Domingo has renewed his contract as general director of the Los Angeles Opera for three years through the 2021-22 season. The 75-year-old singer joined the company as an artistic...
Oct 06, 2016
For tourists, storm is Hurricane Who Shall Not Be Named
ORLANDO, Fla. - Voldemort couldn’t stop Harry Potter, but Matthew did. Three of the world’s most popular tourist attractions, Universal Studios (home to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter...
Oct 06, 2016
Barely half of illegal border crossers caught
SAN DIEGO - Immigration authorities caught just over half of the people who illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico last year, according to a report commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security ...
Oct 06, 2016
Officer acquitted in shooting death of mentally ill man
NORFOLK, Va. - A jury in Virginia on Thursday acquitted a white police officer who had been charged in the shooting death of a mentally ill black man holding a knife. Norfolk police Officer Michael Ed...
Oct 06, 2016