Category Archives: World

Lengthy jury selection in Charleston church shootings begins
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The laborious process of jury selection is getting underway in the federal death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, the white man charged in the deaths of nine black parishioners gunned ...
Sep 25, 2016
Doctors 'prescribe' fresh produce with help from food banks
OAK FOREST, Ill. - The idea is simple: Load fresh fruits and vegetables into a refrigerator truck and drive it to a health clinic, then have a doctor write a “prescription” for food to imp...
Sep 25, 2016

US terror attacks' common denominator: Anwar al-Awlaki
NEW YORK - Five years after Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by an American drone strike, he keeps inspiring acts of terror. Investigators say a bomb that rocked New York a week ago, injuring more than two ...
Sep 25, 2016
NY senator: Wireless emergency alerts must include photos
NEW YORK - As police and federal agents hunted for the man suspected of setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey, millions of people received an alert on their cellphones asking for help finding t...
Sep 25, 2016

AP-GfK poll shows voter distaste for Putin-style leadership
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has called Russian President Vladimir Putin “a leader - unlike what we have in this country.” But most Americans don’t agree with Trump’s assessment o...
Sep 25, 2016
AIDS pageant in Uganda seeks to stem stigma, discrimination
KAMPALA, Uganda - When she was younger, Tryphena Natukunda’s mother discouraged her from swallowing her antiretroviral medicines among strangers or even distant relatives. Because the girl had A...
Sep 25, 2016

WWII Navy chief reunited, in spirit, with his ship's bell
NEWPORT, R.I. - A Navy chief who died saving his shipmates during the attack on Pearl Harbor has been reunited, in spirit, in Rhode Island with the bell from his ship. The hall where the Navy’s ...
Sep 25, 2016
Pope backs opposition to Mexico's gay-marriage proposal
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has voiced support for Mexican bishops and citizens opposing the government’s push to legalize same-sex marriage. At his weekly Sunday blessing, Francis said he willi...
Sep 25, 2016

Hofstra pushes front-line learning with presidential debate
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Monday night’s verbal smackdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is a hot ticket on the campus of Hofstra University. About 7,500 students, or more than two-thirds of t...
Sep 25, 2016
In battle for Iraq's Mosul, many forces with many motives
BAGHDAD - An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq that is likely to be decisive in the war against the Islamic St...
Sep 25, 2016