James Comey has book deal, publication set for springNEW YORK (AP):Former FBI Director James Comey has a book deal.Flatiron Books told The Associated Press yesterday that Comey is writing a book about leadership and decision making that will draw...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California (AP):The US Air Force was preparing yesterday to test an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM) with a launch from California, the...
PORT REPUBLIC, New Jersey (AP):They're called 'ghost forests' dead trees along vast swathes of coastline invaded by rising seas, something scientists call one of the most visible markers of climate change.The process has happened naturally for...
MONROVIA (AP):Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is urging peaceful elections as candidates begin campaigning to replace the Nobel Peace Prize winner who has led the West African country...
CARACAS, Venezuela:Venezuela's chief prosecutor's office is reporting three deaths on the day of a controversial vote for a constituent assembly that opposition leaders fear will trigger the end of democracy in...
MOSCOW (AP):Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday the United States would have to cut its embassy and consulate staff in Russia by 755 under new sanctions from Moscow.Russian's Foreign...
The only son of Nashville Mayor Megan Barry - whom her office described as "a kind soul full of life" - has died of an apparent drug overdose, and she asked for privacy as she and her husband face life "...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP):The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday in a show of force against North Korea following the country's latest intercontinental ballistic missile test. The U.S. also said it conducted...
A gunman has been shot dead by German police after opening fire at a nightclub in the city of Konstanz. One person was killed and three seriously injured in the attack at about 4:30 a.m. on Sunday. The shooter targeted the Grey club in an...
A leading candidate in today's assembly elections and an opposition activist have been killed in Venezuela. The killings took place before voting started to elect a new assembly with powers to rewrite the constitution. The opposition says it is...
CARACAS, (AP): Colombia's president has announced that he will not recognise the results of today's election in Venezuela for a special assembly to rewrite the struggling nation's constitution.President Juan Manuel Santos said last Friday that the...
Pakistan's ruling party named senior lawmaker Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as successor to the deposed prime minister yesterday, less than 24 hours after the Supreme Court removed Nawaz Sharif from office for concealing assets.Sharif...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP): Authorities in north eastern Nigeria say at least 14 people are dead after a suicide bombing blamed on the Boko Haram extremist group.Bello Dambatta, head of the rapid response team for the State Emergency Agency SEMA,...
LONDON (AP): The family of a young black man who died following a London police chase appealed for peace yesterday, a day after street protests over his death turned violent.Relatives held a vigil outside an East London police station for 20-year-...
CARACAS, (AP): Despite four months of deadly protests and the threat of United States sanctions, Venezuela today finds itself hours away from a consolidation of government power that appeared certain to drag the OPEC nation deeper into a crisis...
The United States city of Honolulu has become the first major metropolis in America to ban pedestrians from looking at mobile phones, texting or using a digital device while crossing the roadways. City officials say the measure, which is...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Elaine Duke, set to become acting United States homeland secretary on Monday, has the rare distinction of serving in high-level positions in three administrations. She was Department of Homeland Security undersecretary...
WASHINGTON (AP): Republican finger-pointing commenced Friday after the Senate's dark-of-night defeat of the GOP's effort to repeal much of the Obama health care law, a startling vote that dealt a blow to President Donald Trump. "Three...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP):Inspectors repeatedly looked over a thrill ride while it was assembled at the Ohio State Fair and signed off on it hours before it flew apart in a deadly accident that flung...
LONDON (AP):British police said yesterday they have "reasonable grounds" to suspect that local authorities may have committed corporate manslaughter in a deadly high-rise fire in London.The Metropolitan Police force said it has officially informed...
RAQQA (AP):US-backed Syrian fighters have captured almost half of the Islamic State group's de facto capital of Raqqa, but the push into the city in northern Syria has slowed due to stiff...
JERUSALEM (AP):Israel's security Cabinet met for a second straight day yesterday to try to defuse an escalating crisis with the Muslim world and find an alternative to metal detectors that had...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP):Thirteen inmates have escaped from a recently fortified prison in the South American country of Guyana just weeks after an earlier jailbreak.Senior Police Superintendent Wendell Blanhum...
SAN ANTONIO (AP):The driver of a broiling tractor-trailer found packed with immigrants outside a Walmart in San Antonio was charged yesterday in the deaths of 10 of his passengers and could face the death penalty over the hellish journey.In...
VATICAN CITY (AP):The Vatican says it is shutting off all its fountains, including those in St. Peter's Square, because of Italy's drought.Vatican Radio yesterday said the decision is linked...
