Category Archives: World
162 bodies retrieved after migrant boat capsizes off Egypt
ROSETTA, Egypt - The bodies of 162 people had been pulled from the waters off the Egyptian coast by Friday, two days after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized in the Mediterranean while atte...
Sep 23, 2016

Colombia rebels unanimously approve peace accord with govt
YARI PLAINS, Colombia - Leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia pledged their unanimous support on Friday to a peace agreement reached last month with the government. The announcement ca...
Sep 23, 2016

GOP lawmaker: FBI gave immunity to top Clinton aide
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton’s former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and two other staff members were granted immunity deals in exchange for their co-operation in the now-closed FBI investigation...
Sep 23, 2016

Driver caught using mannequin to drive in carpool lane
BREA, Calif. - A California driver has been cited for using a mannequin - not the required human being - to drive in the carpool lane. The Orange County Register reports (http://bit.ly/2d5N3Sh ) Brea ...
Sep 23, 2016

Police: Man who shot 2 at Tennessee plant had gun permit
ATHENS, Tenn. - A man who fatally shot two supervisors and then killed himself at an electrical components plant in eastern Tennessee had a state-issued permit to carry handguns in public, law enforce...
Sep 23, 2016
Video shows deadly encounter between police, black man
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as the...
Sep 23, 2016
Tulsa teacher: 'Tragedy lives and breathes' among students
TULSA, Okla. - A teacher at a Tulsa charter school attended by the daughter of an unarmed black man killed by a white officer says the tragedy “lives and breathes” among her classmates in ...
Sep 23, 2016
Kansas City police investigate 'good shoot' Facebook post
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City police are trying to determine whether an officer posted on Facebook that the killing of an unarmed black man by a white Oklahoma police officer was a “good shoot....
Sep 23, 2016
Imam in bombing suspect's hometown speaks against violence
ELIZABETH, N.J. - An imam spoke against violence and in support of law enforcement during the first Friday prayer service since a local man was charged in last weekend’s New Jersey and New York ...
Sep 23, 2016
Bombing campaign in Syria kills dozens, demolishes buildings
BEIRUT - Syria’s military threatened a ground offensive in Aleppo and pounded the city’s rebel-held neighbourhoods with airstrikes on Friday, killing dozens, demolishing buildings and dama...
Sep 23, 2016