Category Archives: World

Investigators' persistence leads to break in abduction case
MINNEAPOLIS - To crack Minnesota’s biggest cold case - the 1989 abduction of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling - authorities went back to the early days of the investigation. They turned a renewed sp...
Sep 04, 2016

Family remembers boy killed by alligator at Disney World
OMAHA, Neb. - The parents of the toddler who was killed by an alligator at Walt Disney World in Florida say they will always remember their sweet little boy. Melissa and Matt Graves spoke to a group o...
Sep 04, 2016
20 stung, 3 taken to hospital in California park bee attack
CERRITOS, Calif. - Los Angeles County Fire Department says a swarm of bees at a suburban park attacked, stinging more than 20 people and sending three to the hospital. Dispatching supervisor Bernard P...
Sep 04, 2016
Eastern gorilla gets added to critically endangered list
HONOLULU - The world’s largest living primate has been listed as critically endangered, making four of the six great ape species only one step away from extinction, according to a report release...
Sep 04, 2016
Turkey coop home of Burt's Bees co-founder to be saved
PARKMAN, Maine - The converted turkey coop that a co-founder of Burt’s Bees once called home in Maine is going to be saved and displayed at the company’s headquarters in North Carolina. Bu...
Sep 04, 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 04, 2016

Officers threaten to boycott 49ers games, chief vows safety
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The Santa Clara police chief has vowed to continue providing a safe environment at San Francisco home games after the union representing his officers threatened to boycott polici...
Sep 03, 2016
Official: 36 dead in bus-tanker collision in Afghanistan
KABUL - An Afghan official says at least 36 passengers including women and children have been killed when their bus collided with a fuel tanker in southern Zabul province. Gul Islam Seyal, spokesman f...
Sep 03, 2016

Hong Kong election highlights rising anti-China mood
Hong Kongers headed to the polls Sunday for the specially administered Chinese city’s most crucial election since the handover from Britain in 1997. The vote for Legislative Council lawmakers is...
Sep 03, 2016

Hermine kills 2, ruins beach weekends in northward march
The once-and-future Hurricane Hermine regained strength Saturday as it moved slowly up the Eastern Seaboard and made a mess of the holiday weekend. Hermine (her-MEEN) already caused two deaths, damage...
Sep 03, 2016