MONTPELIER, Vt (AP):A proposal to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana and a bill to require employers to offer paid sick leave to workers are among the top agenda items as Vermont lawmakers reconvene to start the second half of their 2015-2016...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it was severing diplomatic relations with Shiite powerhouse Iran amid escalating tensions over the Sunni kingdom's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric. The move came hours after...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- The latest developments after Saudi Arabia executes a prominent opposition Shiite cleric convicted of terrorism charges, sparking anger in Iran and among Shiites across the region (All times local). 6:20 p.m. The U.S....
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- The latest developments after Saudi Arabia executes a prominent opposition Shiite cleric convicted of terrorism charges, sparking anger in Iran and among Shiites across the region (All times local). 6:20 p.m. The U.S....
VATICAN CITY (AP):Wishing for a year better than 2015, Pope Francis on Friday called for an end to the "arrogance of the powerful" that relegates the weak to the outskirts of society and to the "false neutrality" towards conflicts, hunger, and...
United States President Barack Obama has indicated that he wants to take unilateral action to tackle the problem of gun violence in the US. In his first weekly radio address for the New Year, Obama said he would meet with Attorney General Loretta...
LOS ANGELES (AP): Natalie Cole, the Grammy-winning daughter of Nat 'King' Cole who carried on her late father's musical legacy and, through technology, shared a duet with him on Unforgettable, has died. She was 65. Cole died yesterday...
LOS ANGELES (AP):The mother of a fugitive Texas teen known for using an 'affluenza' defence in a fatal drunken-driving accident was jailed in Los Angeles on Thursday after being deported from Mexico, police said.A Los Angeles police fugitive task...
ELKINS PARK, Pa. (AP):Bill Cosby's lawyer charged on Thursday that the sexual assault case against the comedian was politically motivated, brought by a newly elected district attorney to make good on a campaign pledge."What we have is not the...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP):Authorities say two United Nations (UN) police officers from Rwanda were fatally shot at their residence in northern Haiti.In a statement Thursday, the Rwanda National Police said the two female officers who were serving under...
JERUSALEM (AP):A Palestinian attacker was shot and killed yesterday after he rammed his car into a group of Israeli soldiers on patrol in the West Bank, the military said.One Israeli soldier was wounded in the attack. The army said that the...
BEIJING (AP):A French journalist is leaving China after being denied press credentials and facing heavy criticism from the Foreign Ministry and state media over her reporting.Ursula Gauthier, a longtime journalist for the French news magazine L'Obs...
Published:Wednesday | December 30, 2015 | 12:00 AM
NORRISTOWN, Philadelphia (AP) — Bill Cosby has been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago — the first criminal charges brought against the comedian out of the torrent of allegations that...
DALLAS, Texas (AP):A Texas sheriff said Tuesday an arrest warrant will be issued for a Texas woman who was found with her son in Mexico, a teenager on probation after killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck and invoking an 'affluenza' defence...
HAVANA, Cuba (AP):Up a winding flight of stairs at a beachside Havana home, Camila Lopez Rivas lies on the tile floor, smiling mischievously into a video camera circling overhead.Tossed around her are layers of a blue-and-aqua taffeta dress, the...
BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's transport minister is advocating the introduction of unannounced alcohol, drug and medicine tests for pilots in the country. Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt's proposal follows the crash in March of a...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- The North African affiliate of al-Qaida says one of its leading figures has been killed in an ambush by Algerian soldiers. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, says that Abu al-Hassan Rachid al-Bulaydi, head of the...
SYDNEY (AP):More than 100 houses were destroyed by a Christmas Day wildfire that tore through a stretch of coastline popular with tourists in southern Australia, forcing thousands to flee their homes, officials said yesterday.Cooler weather and...
ABUJA, (AP):A gas tanker ignited an inferno at a crowded industrial gas plant in Nigeria last Thursday, killing more than 100 people lining up to refill their cooking gas cylinders in time for Christmas.The disaster took place in Nnewi, a...
NEW YORK (AP):Mass shootings and attacks weighed heavily on the minds of Americans in 2015, according to a new poll that found most believe this year was worse for the world than last year.According to those polled, the most important events of 2015...
LONDON (AP):Homes were evacuated, cars were submerged and boats were brought in to help take people to safety yesterday as parts of England, Scotland and Wales faced severe flooding caused by repeated heavy rains.The Boxing Day holiday saw a battle...
NEW YORK (AP): Prosecutors say a New York City man has been arrested on animal cruelty charges and is accused of kicking, punching and choking his pit bull puppy. Twenty-six-year-old Eric Ranger was arrested Wednesday on aggravated animal cruelty...
At least 14 people have been killed and scores more injured by a devastating storm which left a path of destruction across the southern United States on Christmas Eve. Officials say six people were killed as tornadoes moved through northern...
Published:Wednesday | December 23, 2015 | 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP):Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected reports that he used vulgarity in describing Democrat Hillary Clinton's primary loss to now-President Barack Obama in 2008.Trump said Monday night, "She was favoured...
Published:Wednesday | December 23, 2015 | 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON (AP):Months of intense focus on the Republican presidential race have prompted Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton to turn her attention to her would-be challengers in the general election, leaving her chief Democratic rival gasping...
