Category Archives: World

AP-NORC Poll: Half of Trump backers don't trust vote count
NEW YORK - Donald Trump is making the unprecedented assertion that the general election “is going to be rigged,” and many people who are drawn to his presidential campaign have major doubt...
Oct 01, 2016

Marijuana labs spawn lethal explosions across the country
NEW YORK - An explosion that destroyed a New York City home and killed a firefighter has drawn attention to marijuana-making methods that are legal in many states - but can also be lethal. A New York ...
Oct 01, 2016
Americans take 3-point lead at Ryder Cup
CHASKA, Minn. - Patrick Reed took over his match with putting and passion, and the rest of the Americans followed suit Saturday afternoon in a pivotal fourballs session that left them on the verge - a...
Oct 01, 2016
Park service making author David McCullough honorary ranger
BOSTON - Acclaimed author David McCullough can add a quirky new title to his resume: honorary park ranger. The two-time Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner will become an honorary ranger in ...
Oct 01, 2016
Species goes extinct in Atlanta garden after rare frog dies
ATLANTA - Authorities say a rare tree frog - the last known living member of the species in captivity - has died at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://on-aj...
Oct 01, 2016
Feds say they won't evict sprawling pipeline protest camp
BISMARCK, N.D. - The sprawling encampment that’s a living protest against the four-state Dakota Access pipeline has most everything it needs to be self-sustaining - food, firewood, fresh water a...
Oct 01, 2016
Missouri woman accuses fellow Legislature candidate of rape
ST. LOUIS - A woman running for a seat in the Missouri Legislature has accused a fellow Democratic candidate of raping her. Cora Faith Walker told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2dztzc5 ) ...
Oct 01, 2016
Suspected militants kill 6 police in Egypt's restless Sinai
EL-ARISH, Egypt - Suspected Islamic State militants in Egypt’s turbulent Sinai Peninsula ambushed a taxi in which off-duty policemen were travelling back to their units on Saturday, killing five...
Oct 01, 2016
French police clash with protesters backing Calais migrants
CALAIS, France - French police have fired tear gas and water cannons on protesters defending migrants in the northern city of Calais as the government prepares to shut down the city’s notorious ...
Oct 01, 2016
Effort to recognize World War II spies hung up in Congress
MCLEAN, Va. - Spies don’t work for fame or acclaim. But after 75 years, the men and women who served behind the enemy lines in Nazi Germany and the Pacific theatre during World War II wouldnR...
Oct 01, 2016