Category Archives: World

52 confirmed dead in stampede at Ethiopia religious event
BISHOFTU, Ethiopia - Dozens of people were crushed to death Sunday in a stampede after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse an anti-government protest that grew out of a massive religi...
Oct 02, 2016

Riding celebrity wave, Justice Ginsburg releasing anthology
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is riding the wave of her rock-star celebrity, releasing a compilation of her writings that range from a high school editorial to summaries of so...
Oct 02, 2016
Trump tax revelation punctuates week of political challenges
NEW YORK - Ever defiant, Donald Trump and his Republican allies embraced a report on Sunday that said the New York businessman may not have paid federal income taxes for nearly two decades after he an...
Oct 02, 2016

Explosion at cafe injures 90 at festival in southern Spain
MADRID - An explosion at a cafe in southern Spain injured 90 people at a local festival, five of them seriously, authorities said Sunday. The Saturday night explosion occurred at around 7 p.m. in down...
Oct 02, 2016

Britain will launch Brexit by April , prime minister says
LONDON - Britain will begin the formal process of leaving the European Union by the end of March, Prime Minister Theresa May said Sunday, seeking to ease concern about the nation’s future and th...
Oct 02, 2016

Report: Trump losses may mean he didn't pay taxes for years
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s business losses in 1995 were so large that they could have allowed him to avoid paying federal income taxes for as many as 18 years, according to records obtained by ...
Oct 01, 2016
NBC drops plans for mail-order bride sitcom amid protests
LOS ANGELES - NBC says it has dropped plans for a sitcom about a widower who orders a mail-order bride from the Philippines. Protests had greeted the network’s decision last week to develop R...
Oct 01, 2016
Patrick Dempsey returns to Maine for cancer fundraiser
LEWISTON, Maine - Patrick Dempsey is in Maine for a cancer fundraiser after releasing a new movie. The “Dempsey Challenge” is a fundraiser for The Dempsey Center. The Maine-born actor and ...
Oct 01, 2016
Boy, 6, dies days after South Carolina school shooting
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A 6-year-old boy who was critically wounded in a school shooting died Saturday, days after a 14-year-old boy opened fire on a school playground, authorities said. Jacob Hall had been ...
Oct 01, 2016
After suspension, what's next for Alabama chief justice?
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore built his career on defiance, and it has cost him his job - twice. A disciplinary panel that removed him from office 13 years ago over a Ten Commandm...
Oct 01, 2016