Category Archives: World
Work on airstrip for Bruce Willis suspended due to zoning
FAIRFIELD, Idaho - Construction of a private airstrip for actor Bruce Willis in Idaho has been suspended because of zoning issues. Work on the 8,500-foot-long and 100-foot-wide airstrip was halted aft...
Sep 28, 2016
Teen's mother 'shocked and saddened' by school shooting
TOWNVILLE, S.C. - The mother of a teen accused of killing his father and wounding two students and a teacher at a rural South Carolina elementary school says his family is “shocked and saddened....
Sep 28, 2016
Despite harsh reviews, Trump resists new debate approach
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - Unmoved by harsh debate reviews, a defiant Donald Trump renewed his attacks against a former Miss Universe winner on Wednesday, showing no sign of making big changes to his mess...
Sep 28, 2016
Probe: Malaysian jet downed by missile launcher from Russia
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands - Dutch-led criminal investigators said Wednesday they have solid evidence that a Malaysian jet was shot down in 2014 by a Buk missile that was moved into eastern Ukraine from ...
Sep 28, 2016
Group: Cuban press makes strides despite controls
NEW YORK - An independent press is emerging in Cuba despite a constitutional requirement that media be controlled by the one party communist state, the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a repor...
Sep 28, 2016
Police issue warrant in U. of Illinois fatal shooting
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - An arrest warrant has been issued in the deadly weekend shooting at a party near the University of Illinois campus for an 18-year-old man who was released earlier this month from a s...
Sep 28, 2016
Ford recalls Focus hatchbacks for latch release problem
DETROIT - Ford is recalling about 74,000 Focus hatchback cars with manual transmissions in the U.S. and Canada because the hatches can be unlatched too easily while the cars are moving. The recall cov...
Sep 28, 2016
Minnesota police shooting probe goes to prosecutors
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota investigators looking into the July shooting of a black man by a suburban St. Paul police officer announced Wednesday that they’ve turned their findings over to a county ...
Sep 28, 2016
Kerry threatens Russia with end to joint Syria diplomacy
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State John Kerry threatened on Wednesday to end all co-operation between the United States and Russia to stop Syria’s civil war, unless Russian and Syrian government at...
Sep 28, 2016
Katy Perry strips down at ballot box for Funny or Die
Katy Perry would like to remind voters it doesn’t matter what you wear when you vote. In a video for Funny or Die , the singer shows up at the polls on Election Day with disheveled hair and wear...
Sep 28, 2016