Category Archives: World
Not OK? Sculpture of hand gesture moved over gang worries
TRENTON, N.J. - A sculpture showing a hand making the OK sign in New Jersey is being relocated because some people fear it too closely resembles a gang symbol. The sculpture is titled “Helping H...
Aug 11, 2017
GOP campaign operative encourages Kid Rock to run for Senate
WASHINGTON - The head of a major Super PAC aligned with Senate GOP leadership encouraged performer Kid Rock to run for Senate against Democratic incumbent Debbie Stabenow of Michigan. The comments fro...
Aug 11, 2017
Rebel yell: Southern nationalists again crying 'secede'
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - As 21st century activists seek to topple monuments to the 19th century Confederate rebellion, some white Southerners are again advocating for what the Confederates tried and failed ...
Aug 11, 2017
Trump to dispatch team to work on Israel-Palestinian peace
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is sending three senior officials to the Middle East in coming days to discuss prospects for resuming the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the White House said Fr...
Aug 11, 2017
Leaked email shows HBO negotiating with hackers
BOSTON - Hackers released an email from HBO in which the company expressed willingness to pay them $250,000 as part of a negotiation over electronic data swiped from HBO’s servers. The July 27 e...
Aug 11, 2017
Strange circular object with steel legs baffles beachgoers
WESTERLY, R.I. - Rhode Island beachgoers are puzzled and concerned about a mysterious object lodged about 10 feet underwater just off Westerly’s East Beach. The circular object has stainless ste...
Aug 11, 2017
Iran opposition leader's daughter holds painting exhibition
TEHRAN, Iran - The daughter of Iran’s opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has been under house arrest since early 2011, hides her pain behind abstract watercolour paintings of birds and b...
Aug 11, 2017
Dallas RB Ezekiel Elliott suspended 6 games in domestic case
DALLAS - The NFL suspended star Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott for six games Friday, concluding after a yearlong investigation that the league’s leading rusher injured his former gi...
Aug 11, 2017
Beyond bluster, US, NKorea in regular contact
WASHINGTON - Beyond the bluster, the Trump administration has been quietly engaged in back channel diplomacy with North Korea for several months, addressing Americans imprisoned in the communist count...
Aug 11, 2017
NAFTA negotiations could mark end of era for Mexican exports
MEXICO CITY - President Donald Trump’s push to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement is putting Mexico in a tough spot, threatening the system that has helped turn the country into...
Aug 11, 2017
