Category Archives: World

A federal judge has ruled in favour of a Chinese businesswoman who was injured during a 2004 confrontation with American border agents at Niagara Falls and sued the U.S. government. Following a nonjur...

MONTREAL - The world aviation agency says Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to open up some of their airspace to Qatar’s state-owned airline after it was hit with flight restricti...

CARACAS, Venezuela - The latest on Venezuela’s political crisis (all times local): 6:55 p.m. Foreign ministers from 17 Western Hemisphere nations are condemning Venezuela’s new constitutio...

HONOLULU - Dispensary sales of medical marijuana in Hawaii are beginning after patients waited 17 years for a legal way to purchase the drug. Maui Grown Therapies received approval from the Department...

DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. has begun repairing Ford Explorer SUVs in Austin, Texas, that were pulled off police duty because exhaust containing carbon monoxide was seeping into them. But the company fac...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A native of Ecuador living in Connecticut has become the second person this summer to take sanctuary inside a New Haven church to avoid deportation. Marco Reyes Alverez entered the ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. - A 28-year-old former Google engineer who was fired over a memo he wrote about gender differences said Tuesday he’s exploring all his legal options and has already filed a la...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A girl who was 13 when she was raped by another student in a school bathroom in Rhode Island is suing for $3.5 million. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court names the ci...

AUGUSTA, Maine - Republican Gov. Paul LePage was sued Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine for blocking critics on his official Facebook page and deleting their comments. The ACLU fi...

BEDMINSTER, N.J. - President Donald Trump took on the opioid drug epidemic Tuesday, pledging that “we will fight this deadly epidemic and the United States will win.” Trump held a briefing...