Category Archives: World

Cortizo declared winner in Panama president race
PANAMA CITY - Panama's Electoral Court has declared opposition candidate Laurentino Cortizo the winner of the country's presidential elections. The court said Cortizo of the Democratic Revolutionary P...
May 07, 2019

Iran sends letters on partial withdrawal from nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has delivered letters to ambassadors outlining its partial withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, state television reported Wednesday, without elaborating on what...
May 07, 2019

Gaza quiet after Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military lifted protective restrictions on residents in the south on Monday, while Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group reported a cease-fire deal had been reached to end the dea...
May 07, 2019

South Africa starts voting amid corruption, unemployment
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans have started voting in presidential and parliamentary elections amid issues of corruption and unemployment. Wednesday's vote comes 25 years after the end of apartheid, bu...
May 07, 2019

Eagle with 8-foot wing span crashes into Alaska home
KODIAK, Alaska - Many are familiar with uninvited guests unexpectedly crashing at the house, but an eagle took such a scenario to new heights in Kodiak. An eagle grabbed a piece of freezer-burned hali...
May 07, 2019

Oxygen greenlights Kim Kardashian prison reform documentary
NEW YORK - Oxygen Media has greenlighted a two-hour documentary that will capture Kim Kardashian West's efforts to free prisoners she believes were wrongly accused. It's a move by the network to expan...
May 07, 2019

South Dakota governor, Oglala Sioux in protests standoff
BISMARCK, N.D. - The Oglala Sioux and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem are each waiting for the other side to make a move to resolve a disagreement over anti-protest legislation that led to the tribe ban...
May 07, 2019

3 more Maryland medical board members resign amid scandal
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Three members of the University of Maryland Medical System's board resigned, the system announced Tuesday, in the ongoing aftermath of a scandal involving financial arrangements that ...
May 07, 2019

Suspect in shooting at North Carolina university indicted
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A grand jury has indicted a 22-year-old man on murder and other charges in the shooting attack at a North Carolina university that left two students dead and four others wounded, a p...
May 07, 2019

The Latest: San Francisco bans cash-snubbing stores
SAN FRANCISCO - The Latest on a San Francisco vote on making retailers take cash (all times local): 2:30 p.m. San Francisco supervisors unanimously approved legislation requiring retailers to accept c...
May 07, 2019