Today's current events coverage begins with the report on the death of a controversial world leader. Fidel Castro, who ruled the Caribbean island nation of Cuba for almost 50 years, died Friday at the age of 90. His brother Raul who took over the cou...
So, the transition is underway and as part of that, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to hold a two-hour meeting today to discuss his team's progress and potential appointees to his cabinet. He met with several candidates for that yester...
Taking you to Capitol Hill today, where things are starting to take shape after the November 8 election, when the 115th Congress convenes early next January, Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin, will remain speaker of the House of Representatives....
REPORTER: Black Friday sounds kind of scary, and it was. Black Friday first referred to the collapse of the U.S. gold market in 1869. A century later, Philadelphia police used Black Friday to describe chaos and congestion. Downtown streets were clogg...
AZUZ: A week ago, we told you about the major 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the South Pacific nation of New Zealand. At least two people were killed, thousands were stranded. A wave of aftershocks followed. And as New Zealand is a mountainous...
We're starting today with an issue for millions of people, especially through social media. The wildfire spread of fake news. These are stories you read about that appeared to be factual but in fact have no basis in fact at all. For example, before t...
AZUZ: Scientists said Imperial College London recently studied world blood pressure statistics between 1975 and 2015, and here's what they found: 1.13 billion people, more than 15 percent of the world's population now have high blood pressure. That's...
Jumping right in as always, with news out of the Middle Eastern country of Syria leading off today's show. It's been at civil war since 2011. Ceasefires have come and gone, no end is in sight. At one time, the Syrian city of Aleppo was the largest in...
First up, to the southern European country of Greece, where Air Force One touched down yesterday. It's the first stop of Barack Obama's last international trip as U.S. president. From here, he'll be headed to the countries of Germany and Peru and one...
For the struggling economy of Egypt, aid is on the way in the form of the $12 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund. The IMF is an organization of 189 countries. It aims to stabilize global economies and it gives loans to member countries...
First story takes us to the South Pacific nation of New Zealand, where a powerful earthquake jolted the country's south island just after midnight on Monday. A little more than a million people live in the south island and though earthquakes are comm...
First up, a highest level meeting at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. U.S. President Barack Obama hosted U.S. President-elect Donald Trump yesterday afternoon. The two men have a history of taking verbal shots at one another. While campaigning for the presi...
Following up on the election of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to lead the United States, votes were still being counted a day after the election. In the Electoral College, Trump was projected to receive at least 290 electoral votes, bu...
First up, Election Day in America. This is it, the day when American voters finally get their say who becomes their next leader. They are also voting for all U.S. representatives, and about a third of U.S. senators, as well as state and local officia...
First up, the Federal Bureau of Investigation says it's come to the same conclusion that it reached in July concerning Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. It says she should not face criminal charges for her controversial use of a private email serve...
