ATLANTA (AP):Donald Trump opened his mouth and found the door closed to him at a high-profile gathering of conservative activists.His latest incendiary comment about one of the Fox News moderators from last Thursday's Republican presidential debate...
ROME (AP):Hundreds of migrants who survived the capsizing of a smugglers' fishing boat were being brought to Italy yesterday, including a Palestinian man who saved his wife by giving her his life jacket then diving below the surface to grab their...
BUCHAREST (AP):Romania's tax authorities say they will investigate the country's big earners, including celebrities, moneylenders and pop stars, to verify the sources of their incomes.The head of Romania's tax authority, Stefan Diaconu, disclosed...
KUALA LUMPUR (AP):US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday that Malaysia was upgraded from the lowest ranking in a US human trafficking report because it made significant improvements, not to ensure its continued participation in talks for a...
MIAMI (AP):Forecasters are even more confident that this Atlantic hurricane season will be a breeze.But the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) still warns coastal residents to be vigilant as the six-month season hits its peak....
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP): Experts have confirmed that the debris found on Reunion Island last week was that of Malaysian Airlines flight 370 that went missing last year, Malaysia's prime minister said Wednesday. "It is with a very heavy...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP):SIXteen police officers died yesterday when the Black Hawk helicopter they were travelling in crashed in the volatile northwestern region, the country's police agency said.The police said in a statement that two other uniformed...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP):The Mormon church's push towards transparency about its roots and beliefs took another step forward yesterday with the first published pictures of a small sacred stone it believes founder Joseph Smith used to help translate a...
MADISON, Wisconsin (AP):The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee said yesterday that it will pay US$21 million to more than 300 victims of clergy abuse in a settlement that would end a four-year bankruptcy proceeding.The proposed deal, which will...
BERLIN (AP):German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said yesterday he will request the dismissal and retirement of the country's chief federal prosecutor Harald Range.Maas said he made the decision after consultations with Chancellor Angela Merkel's...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) : Fifteen police officers died today when the Black Hawk helicopter they were traveling in crashed in the volatile northwestern region, the country's police agency said. The police said in a statement that two other...
LOS ANGELES (AP):A teenage Special Olympics athlete vanished from Los Angeles International Airport early yesterday, just hours after another missing competitor turned up safe 350 miles away in Northern California.Shion Isimel, 15, of the Ivory...
McKINNEY, Texas (AP):Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was booked yesterday on securities fraud charges accusing him of misleading investors in a tech start-up, including a state lawmaker, before he took office in January.Paxton, a 52-year-old...
Residents of a small town on Maryland's Eastern Shore are continuing to vent their frustrations and concerns about the ouster of the town's first black police chief.Two local pastors who support former Pocomoke City Police Chief Kevin Sewell were...
CANTON, Mississippi (AP):A man got out of his pickup, walked up to the defendant in a drug-dealing case and fatally shot him in the chest, then set down his gun and surrendered as deputies confronted him outside a Mississippi courthouse yesterday...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP):A Minnesota father charged with killing his 10-year-old son and throwing the boy in the river has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.Pierre Collins long denied any involvement in the death of his son, Barway. But he admitted...
A Syrian government warplane has crashed in a marketplace in the north-western town of Ariha, killing at least 27 people. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activist group said the crash occurred amid bombing raids. Ariha was one of...
TORONTO (AP):Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper dissolved Parliament yesterday in a visit to the governor-general, who serves as Canada's formal but mostly ceremonial head of state, and set the vote for October 19.Harper and his Conservative...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP):Another American illegally killed a lion with a bow and arrow in Zimbabwe several months ago, authorities said yesterday amid an international outcry over the US hunter accused of illegally killing a well-known lion named...
RALEIGH, NC (AP):Supporters of a park that would showcase the black experience in North Carolina are overhauling their efforts, including a possible name change and the addition of a monument that would be more uplifting than others about slavery...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP):Researchers believe they found the grave of a man who could be considered the first black male slave freed by Abraham Lincoln, tracking his final resting place to the cemetery of a former Minnesota psychiatric hospital.William Henry...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP):Malaysian officials said yesterday that they would seek help from territories near the island where a suspected piece of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was discovered to try to find more plane debris.A new piece of...
JERUSALEM (AP):A teenage girl seriously wounded after an anti-gay extremist stabbed her and several others in last week's attack on Jerusalem's gay pride parade died yesterday, a hospital official said.Shira Banki, 16, succumbed to her wounds, and...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysian officials said Sunday that they would seek help from territories near the island where a suspected piece of the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was discovered to try to find more plane debris.A new piece of...
