Category Archives: World

Federal hate crime charges filed in black church fires
NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Justice Department says hate crime charges have been filed against a Louisiana man in connection with three fires that destroyed African American churches earlier this year. A n...
Jun 12, 2019

Helicopter crashes on roof of NYC skyscraper, killing pilot
NEW YORK - A helicopter crashed on the roof of a rain-shrouded midtown Manhattan skyscraper Monday, killing the pilot and briefly triggering memories of 9-11, after an erratic trip across some of the ...
Jun 12, 2019

In Tel Aviv, Neil Patrick Harris says he's no gay icon
TEL AVIV, Israel - This year's official international ambassador to Tel Aviv's Gay Pride Parade says he has no interest in being a gay activist. Neil Patrick Harris arrived in Israel Wednesday along w...
Jun 12, 2019

White House asserts executive privilege in census fight
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is asserting executive privilege over documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The Justice Departm...
Jun 12, 2019

Assailants raid village in Mali, killing at least 95 people
BAMAKO, Mali - Assailants raided a central Mali village early Monday, killing at least 95 people in the latest massacre in a growing ethnic conflict that has been enflamed by Islamic extremists, gover...
Jun 12, 2019

'Super fan' buying childhood home of rocker Tom Petty
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A California real estate agent and self-proclaimed "super fan" says he's extended an offer to buy the Florida home of rock legend Tom Petty. Kevin Beauchamp tells The Gainesville S...
Jun 12, 2019

Trump Jr. on Capitol Hill for closed-door Senate interview
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump Jr. told reporters he has "nothing to correct" as he arrived on Capitol Hill Wednesday for a second closed-door interview with the Senate intelligence committee. Trump Jr. ma...
Jun 12, 2019

Correction: Naval War College story
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - In a story June 10 about an investigation into the president of the U.S. Naval War College, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer was sche...
Jun 12, 2019

Patriots' Kraft to receive warm welcome in Israel
JERUSALEM - Israel is rolling out the red carpet for New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who arrives next week to collect the Genesis Prize, a prestigious award dubbed by its sponsors as the "Jew...
Jun 12, 2019

Swedish police shoot man threatening people at train station
STOCKHOLM - Swedish police officers shot and wounded a man who was banging a bag on the ground and claiming to have a bomb at a train station in the city of Malmo, authorities and a witness said Monda...
Jun 12, 2019