Category Archives: World
UN says 30 more countries to ratify climate deal
STOCKHOLM - Thirty more countries are expected to formally join the Paris Agreement on climate change this week, greatly improving the pact’s chances of coming into force just a year after it wa...
Sep 20, 2016
Out of the wild: Police chase bear through Alaska city
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A young black bear led police on a two-hour chase through the streets of downtown Anchorage, Alaska - scurrying down sidewalks and across lanes of traffic and even ducking behind a...
Sep 20, 2016
Alexis Arquette died of heart attack, battled HIV
LOS ANGELES - Alexis Arquette died from a heart attack and battled HIV for 29 years, according to her death certificate. The transgender character actress and sibling of actors David, Rosanna, Richmon...
Sep 20, 2016
Call from Barnstaple, UK, stumps police in Barnstable, Mass.
BARNSTABLE, Mass. - Police in Barnstable, Massachusetts, were stumped when a woman from a nearly identically named town in the United Kingdom called to report a car crash. The Boston Globe reports (ht...
Sep 20, 2016
Divorce will unspool the complex life Jolie and Pitt created
LOS ANGELES - For more than a decade, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been a glamorous, globe-trotting Hollywood power couple, attracting cameras to their film projects and philanthropy alike. With ...
Sep 20, 2016
Correction: Manhattan Explosion-The Latest story
NEW YORK - In a story and news alert Sept. 20 about the New York-area bombings, The Associated Press erroneously reported how the FBI came in contact with the father of the suspect. The FBI contacted ...
Sep 20, 2016
Judge rules Rose accuser must reveal her name publicly
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles federal judge ruled Tuesday that a woman accusing NBA star Derrick Rose of rape cannot remain anonymous at her upcoming civil trial. Lawyers for the woman, who is identifie...
Sep 20, 2016
Official: Chicago to hire 100s more officers
CHICAGO - The Chicago Police Department plans to hire more than 500 additional officers as it struggles to deal with a violent year full of killings and gun crimes, a city official told The Associated...
Sep 20, 2016
Brazil judge orders corruption trial for ex-President Silva
RIO DE JANEIRO - Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must stand trial on charges of money laundering and corruption, a Brazilian judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Sergio Moro said there is enough evid...
Sep 20, 2016
Rising concern over drug-resistant germs prompts UN response
NEW YORK - World leaders are pushing to end the overuse of antibiotics and to encourage the development of new medicines, driven by concern that drug-resistant germs could lead to millions of deaths a...
Sep 20, 2016