Category Archives: World

As Suu Kyi visits, US announces lifting of Myanmar sanctions
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Wednesday the U.S. is lifting economic sanctions and restoring trade benefits to former pariah state Myanmar as he met with Aung San Suu Kyi, a former politica...
Sep 14, 2016
This device can read the pages of a book without opening it
Leave it to the great minds at MIT and Georgia Tech to figure out a way to read the pages of a book without actually opening it. A team of researchers from the two institutions pulled it off with a sy...
Sep 14, 2016

Ohio boy seen in car with passed-out adults gets new home
LISBON, Ohio - A 4-year-old Ohio boy pictured in police photos in the back seat of a car while his grandmother and her boyfriend were slumped over from a drug overdose is moving in with other relative...
Sep 14, 2016
DIVIDED AMERICA: How China fueled pain and Trump support
HANNIBAL, Ohio - Crushed by Chinese competition and feeling betrayed by mainstream politicians, workers in the hills of eastern Ohio are embracing Donald Trump and his tough talk on trade. For decades...
Sep 14, 2016
Harbor Freight recalls trailers due to lack of side lights
DETROIT - Harbour Freight Tools is recalling more than 374,000 trailers because they may not have red side marker lights as required by federal safety standards. The recall covers certain Haul Master ...
Sep 14, 2016

Bayer buying Monsanto, will create global chemical, ag giant
American seed and weed-killer company Monsanto and German medicine and farm chemical maker Bayer are combining in a deal that could help farmers produce higher yields to address challenges from global...
Sep 14, 2016
Police: Boy's death under daycare beanbag chair accidental
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah police say they believe a toddler accidently suffocated under a bean bag chair after a day care worker sat on it. Sgt. Joe Monson said Tuesday investigators came to the determina...
Sep 14, 2016
Actor in '60s sitcom 'F Troop' visits character's hometown
PASSAIC, N.J. - An actor in the 1960s sitcom “F Troop” has paid a visit to the New Jersey city made famous by his character - 49 years after the show went off the air. Larry Storch was wel...
Sep 14, 2016
South African park kills 350 hippos, buffalos amid drought
JOHANNESBURG - Rangers in South Africa’s biggest wildlife park are killing about 350 hippos and buffalos in an attempt to relieve the impact of the region’s most severe drought in more tha...
Sep 14, 2016
E-cigarette battery explodes in handbag, prompts mall scare
FREEHOLD, N.J. - Surveillance video has captured an e-cigarette explosion at a New Jersey mall that left a woman’s Louis Vuitton (LOO’-ee vee-TAHN’) bag smoking as she stood at a che...
Sep 14, 2016