Category Archives: World

North Carolina governor wants Confederate monuments removed
DURHAM, N.C. - North Carolina’s governor said Tuesday that he wants to bring down Confederate monuments around the state, thrusting himself into a debate stoked by violence in Virginia and the t...
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017
HBO producer gets year in prison after dermatologist's death
NEW YORK - An HBO producer who helped drag an unconscious dermatologist down to the lobby of a New York City apartment building after she overdosed has been sentenced to a year in prison. Marc Henry J...
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017

Teamsters acquitted of threats, extortion of 'Top Chef' crew
BOSTON - Four Teamsters were acquitted Tuesday of threatening “Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi and using strong-arm tactics to try to extort jobs from a nonunion company filming the reality T...
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017
Fargo family disavows son who was at white supremacist event
FARGO, N.D. - A North Dakota family has disowned an adult son who attended a gathering of white supremacists that turned violent over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. Pearce Tefft says in a l...
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017
Texas school official removed over book's supremacist symbol
DENTON, Texas - A Texas school district has removed an assistant principal from his post after he authored a children’s book whose central character is also a white nationalist symbol. The Dento...
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017

As the laid-off struggle, high-tech US plants offer jobs
NORWOOD, Ohio - Herbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows - in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned after three decades at the company’s plant in suburban Cincinnati; in the way he shows ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017
Dakota Access developer granted hearing delay in dispute
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota regulators on Tuesday granted a request by the developer of the Dakota Access pipeline to postpone a public hearing on whether the company violated state rules, though no...
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017
Jordin Sparks, Thomas Rhett to serve as Miss America judges
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - The Miss America pageant has announced that former “American Idol” Jordin Sparks and country music star Thomas Rhett will be among this year’s celebrity judges....
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017

Man sentenced to life in prison for deadly Iowa jail escape
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - A man who pleaded guilty to murder and 11 other counts for killing a western Iowa sheriff’s deputy and wounding another during a jail escape was sentenced Tuesday to life ...
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017

Safety council: Motor vehicle deaths dip slightly in 2017
WASHINGTON - Preliminary data show U.S. motor vehicle deaths and injuries were down slightly in the first six months of 2017, although they were still significantly higher than they were two years ago...
Kayla Derkach Aug 15, 2017

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