Published:Saturday | September 24, 2016 | 12:00 AM
BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP): Police searched today for a gunman who opened fire in the makeup department of a Macy's store at a mall north of Seattle, killing four females, authorities said. Washington State Patrol spokesman Sgt Mark Francis...
Published:Thursday | September 22, 2016 | 12:00 AM
SAN DIEGO (AP):The United States Department of Homeland Security said yesterday that it was widening efforts to deport Haitians, a response to thousands of immigrants from the Caribbean nation...
Published:Thursday | September 22, 2016 | 12:15 PM
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution yesterday calling for stepped-up screening and security checks at airports worldwide to "detect and deter terrorist attacks" on civil aviation.The resolution calls on all...
Published:Thursday | September 22, 2016 | 12:00 AM
CHARLOTTE, NC (AP):Charlotte's police chief said yesterday that he plans to show video of an officer shooting a black man to the slain man's family, but the video won't be immediately released to the public....
Published:Thursday | September 22, 2016 | 12:00 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP): Michael Jordan has called for peaceful demonstration and conversation in the wake of the violent protests in Charlotte. Jordan expressed condolences to the family of Keith Scott, a 43-year-old African-American man who was...
Published:Thursday | September 22, 2016 | 12:00 AM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP): Charlotte's police chief said today he plans to show video of an officer shooting a black man to the slain man's family, but the video won't be immediately released to the public. Charlottte-Mecklenburg Police...
Published:Wednesday | September 21, 2016 | 12:00 AM
JOHANNESBURG (AP):South African police yesterday set off stun grenades and threw tear gas at stone-throwing students from a leading university who were demonstrating for free...
Published:Wednesday | September 21, 2016 | 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP):Donald Trump is continuing his outreach to black voters with a visit to a friendly Cleveland church.The Republican presidential nominee said he understands "that the African-American community...
Published:Wednesday | September 21, 2016 | 12:00 AM
CAIRO (AP):A boat carrying African migrants headed to Europe capsized off the Mediterranean coast near the Egyptian city of Alexandria yesterday, killing at least 29 people, Egyptian authorities said.Health...
Published:Wednesday | September 21, 2016 | 12:00 AM
HAVANA (AP):Donald Trump's threat to undo President Barack Obama's detente with Cuba unless President Ra?l Castro abides by Trump's list of demands is provoking widespread anxiety among ordinary Cubans, who were paying little attention to the United...
BEIRUT (AP):The United Nations (UN) humanitarian aid agency suspended all convoys in Syria yesterday following an overnight attack on aid trucks that the International Committee of the Red Cross said killed about 20 civilians, mostly truck drivers...
ATHENS (AP):Authorities on the island of Lesbos called for the immediate evacuation Tuesday of thousands of refugees to the Greek mainland after a fire gutted a detention camp following protests, but...
YARI PLAINS (AP):It was a sort of Woodstock Colombian style. But there were no drugs or alcohol, and instead of barefoot hippies frolicking to rock music, those 'jamming out' are leftist rebels in knee-high...
HAVANA (AP):Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and his brother, President Raul Castro, during a one-day state visit to Havana on Monday.His sit-down with Fidel Castro was an...
NEW YORK (AP): Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to one of the world's most star-studded, tabloid headline-generating romances. An attorney for Jolie Pitt, Robert Offer, said Tuesday in a statement that...
BERLIN (AP): German Chancellor Angela Merkel took partial responsibility for her party's worst-ever performance in a Berlin state election, acknowledging Monday that her government's policies at the national level were a factor....
NEW YORK (AP):An Afghan immigrant wanted for questioning in the bombings that rocked a New York City neighbourhood and a New Jersey shore town was captured yesterday after being wounded in a shoot-out with police that erupted when he was discovered...
KINSHASA (AP):Street clashes between security forces and demonstrators opposed to President Joseph Kabila left at least 17 dead in Congo's capital yesterday in a dramatic sign of mounting tensions after...
MOSCOW (AP):President Vladimir Putin sees the governing party's huge gain in parliamentary elections as a vote of confidence in his government, despite a low voter turnout which suggests broad public...
BEIRUT (AP):Syria's military yesterday declared that the United States-Russian-brokered ceasefire was over, shortly after the Russian military said it was "meaningless" to continue observing the agreement. The Syrian...
NEW YORK (AP): An Afghan immigrant wanted for questioning in the bombings that rocked a New York City neighborhood and a New Jersey shore town was taken into custody Monday after a shootout with police in New Jersey, a law enforcement official told...
SEA ISLE CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Officials believe a whale that washed ashore in New Jersey died due to human interaction.WCAU-TV in Philadelphia reports that a necropsy on the 20-ton, 33-foot whale revealed it was emaciated.Officials with...
UNITED STATESNEW YORK (AP) Investigators scrambled yesterday to find out who planted a bomb that rocked a bustling New York City neighborhood, scouring shrapnel, forensic traces and surveillance video for any link to an unexploded pressure-cooker...
NEW YORK (AP):The United States, Japan and South Korea yesterday roundly condemned North Korea's recent nuclear test and called for tough new measures to further isolate the communist state.Meeting on the...
UNITED NATIONS (AP):The issue of what to do about the world's 65.3 million displaced people takes center stage at the United Nations General Assembly today when leaders from around the globe...
