Nice attack sets new standard for terror
Truck rampage may represent deadly change in tactics
DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Urn thefts become a felony
PEARL CITY, Hawaii – For decades, Lisa Wond visited the above-ground gravesites of relatives in Hawaii.
But her tradition of honoring her ancestors at the sites known as “haka” c...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Play Pokemon Go? ‘Catch’ real animals while you’re at it
Much is being made of the astoundingly popular Pokemon Go’s value in getting people off sofas and into streets to interact with the environment, forge friendships with strangers and maybe ev...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Surfers’ ‘fort’ coming down
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. – The days appear numbered for the “Stone Fort,” a venerable edifice that was illegally erected decades ago by a group of surfers and became a beachhead in their...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
D.C.’s other 1600 Pennsylvania source of humor
Address also brings headaches
DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Sept. 11 museum stages show
NEW YORK – To mark the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks, the 9/11 Memorial Museum is staging a major special exhibition. It features artists who have transformed a day of terror – ofte...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Briefs
North Korea presents alleged captured spy
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea on Friday presented to media a man it alleges is a South Korean spy who tried to enter the North to kidnap children...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
British leader dismisses idea of Scottish vote
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May sought Friday to dampen speculation about another Scottish vote for independence, while insisting she is willing to listen to proposals about Scot...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Sept. 11 details released
Saudis may have helped terrorists, documents say
DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Woman spread Zika to man through sex
NEW YORK – A New York City woman infected her male partner with Zika virus through sex, the first time female-to-male transmission of the germ has been documented.
Zika is usuall...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Members of Turkish military say they have taken control of country
ANKARA, Turkey – Members of Turkey’s armed forces said they had taken control of the country Friday as explosions, gunfire and a reported air battle between loyalist forces and coup supporte...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
France reels as Bastille Day truck attack kills 84 in Nice
NICE, France – A Tunisian living in France drove a large truck through crowds celebrating Bastille Day along Nice’s beachfront, killing at least 84 people, many of them children, according t...
DATE: Jul 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
