Category Archives: World
Wildfire prompts evacuations of 200 homes in California
BANNING, Calif. - A wildfire that tore through brush east of Los Angeles forced 700 people from their homes for several hours Tuesday and destroyed a small building, officials said. The fast-moving fi...
Aug 30, 2016
North Carolina beaches thin out ahead of tropical weather
RODANTHE, N.C. - Crowds thinned Tuesday on the beaches of North Carolina’s Outer Banks ahead of a tropical weather system that threatened to bring strong winds and heavy rains that could flood l...
Aug 30, 2016
Prankster who tossed crickets on subway train arrested
NEW YORK - A Brooklyn woman who tossed hundreds of live crickets and worms on a crowded subway train last week as part of a video prank was arrested Tuesday. Zaida Pugh, 21, of Brooklyn, was arrested ...
Aug 30, 2016
Gladys Knight sues to remove her name from son's restaurants
ATLANTA - Singer Gladys Knight is suing to remove her name from the Atlanta restaurants owned by her son, who is charged with stealing $650,000 in taxes owed to the state of Georgia. The federal lawsu...
Aug 30, 2016
Clinton wraps up Hamptons fundraising swing
SAGAPONACK, N.Y. - Hillary Clinton is wrapping a fundraising blitz in the Hamptons, where she has racked up millions during a three-day swing. The Democratic presidential nominee hopped from mansion t...
Aug 30, 2016
Police: 5 injured when ferry hits kayakers on Hudson River
NEW YORK - Five kayakers were injured Tuesday when they were struck by a ferry departing a Manhattan pier and tossed into the Hudson River, police said. It happened just before 6 p.m. near Pier 79 as ...
Aug 30, 2016
911 calls: 'Gunshots going like crazy' in Pulse nightclub
ORLANDO, Fla. - Friends and relatives of patrons trapped in a gay Florida nightclub where a mass shooting left 49 people dead asked police dispatchers why it was taking so long for their loved ones to...
Aug 30, 2016
The Latest: Rep. Wasserman Schultz beats primary challenge
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Latest on Florida’s primary (all times local): 9:15 p.m. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz has turned back a strong primary challenge and will likely be re-elected to a ...
Aug 30, 2016
US evaluating Taliban video of captive couple in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - The State Department said Tuesday it is evaluating a video released by the Afghan Taliban showing a Canadian man and his American wife warning that their Afghan captors will kill them and...
Aug 30, 2016
An emotional Bill Clinton eyes possible exit from foundation
WASHINGTON - When Bill Clinton told the staff of his global charity he would have to step down if Hillary Clinton won the White House, he was vividly clear about how that felt: Worse than a root canal...
Aug 30, 2016