Category Archives: World
Man accused of egging home 100-plus times to be sentenced
EUCLID, Ohio - A man accused of pelting his former neighbour’s Ohio home with eggs more than 100 times over the course of a year is scheduled to be sentenced. Thirty-one-year-old Jason Kozan wil...
Sep 06, 2016
General Motors settles 2 bellwether ignition switch cases
DETROIT - General Motors Co. has settled two federal court cases related to its defective ignition switches, but its legal troubles stemming from the switches are far from over. GM settled the cases f...
Sep 06, 2016
23 die in Ethiopia prison fire over weekend, government says
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Twenty-three people have died in a prison fire in Ethiopia over the weekend, a state-affiliated broadcaster reported Monday. The Kilinto prison on the outskirts of the capital,...
Sep 06, 2016
China promises co-operation on steel at global summit
HANGZHOU, China - China agreed to co-operate more closely with its trading partners on its politically volatile steel exports as leaders of major economies ended a summit Monday with a forceful endors...
Sep 06, 2016
Oil pipeline protest turns violent in southern North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. - A protest of a four-state, $3.8 billion oil pipeline turned violent after tribal officials say construction crews destroyed American Indian burial and cultural sites on private land i...
Sep 06, 2016

TV's Wyatt Earp, Hugh O'Brian, has died at 91
LOS ANGELES - Hugh O’Brian, who shot to fame as Sheriff Wyatt Earp in what was hailed as television’s first adult Western, has died. He was 91. A representative from HOBY, a philanthropic ...
Sep 06, 2016
WHO confirms 3rd case of polio in Nigeria, Rotary Club says
LAGOS, Nigeria - The World Health Organization has confirmed a third case of polio in an area of Nigeria newly liberated from Boko Haram Islamic extremists, the Rotary Club said Monday, amid fears the...
Sep 06, 2016
Philippine president reaffirms his deadly anti-drug campaign
VIENTIANE, Laos - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte defiantly reaffirmed his controversial campaign against drugs Tuesday and called for a redoubling of crime-fighting efforts across Southeast Asia...
Sep 06, 2016
Promising outsiders, Trump team led by Christie insiders
TRENTON, N.J. - Donald Trump is pledging that the government he appoints will bring sweeping change to Washington’s culture. So far, that promise comes with a heavy New Jersey accent. Despite be...
Sep 06, 2016

Mexico's Baja battens down as Hurricane Newton approaches
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Hurricane Newton soaked Mexico’s western Pacific coast with heavy rain Monday and took aim at Baja California’s twin resorts of Los Cabos, where residents nailed p...
Sep 06, 2016