Tag Archives: International

NEW YORK - After gaining millions of young readers for her "Divergent" fantasy series, Veronica Roth decided she and her characters were ready for the next phase - a novel for adults. "I grew up on st...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is expected to name Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, as acting director of national intelligence. That's according to two administration officials w...

COLUMBIA, Mo. - The American husband of a Chinese woman who has been missing since October was charged Wednesday in her death, even though her body hasn't been found. Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, Miss...

SAO PAULO - Jos Mojica Marins, a prolific Brazilian horror filmmaker and actor known as Coffin Joe, died on Wednesday, his daughter said. He was 83. Marins had been hospitalized with pneumonia for 20 ...

BERLIN - German police say several people have been shot to death in the city of Hanau. The dpa news agency reports that police say people were killed but it is not clear exactly what happened in Wedn...

ROME - An Italian prosecutor says the captain of a Lebanese-flagged cargo ship has been arrested in northern Italy for investigation of suspected international arms trafficking between Turkey and Liby...

MOUNT VERNON, Va. - George Washington's Mount Vernon estate says it will no longer sell a souvenir depicting the founding father's false teeth amid criticism that Washington's dentures were made with ...

CROYDON, N.H. - The police chief in a New Hampshire town took it literally when he was stripped of his duties at a local board meeting, disrobing to his underwear and walking out into a snowstorm. Ric...

DALLAS - A social media sensation dubbed the "Leaning Tower of Dallas" was born when a portion of a building survived an implosion in Dallas. After the implosion Sunday failed to bring down the core o...

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials were mostly optimistic about the U.S. and global economies last month, though they noted the risk posed by China's viral outbreak and were ready to keep their be...