Category Archives: World
Mail Rail lets tourists visit London's secret postal railway
London’s newest tourist attraction is perfect for underground explorers. It’s not ideal for the claustrophobic. A visit to Mail Rail , a subterranean train network that once carried millio...
Jul 27, 2017
Police: Bieber accidentally hits photog with pickup truck
LOS ANGELES - Justin Bieber left a photographer with minor injuries after police in California say the singer accidentally hit the man with his pickup truck. Beverly Hills police Sgt. Matthew Stout te...
Jul 27, 2017
Prince William on his final shift as air ambulance pilot
LONDON - Prince William will complete his final shift in his job as an air ambulance pilot Thursday as he gets ready to take on more extensive royal duties. The heir to the British throne is working t...
Jul 27, 2017
Madonna accepts damages from publisher over privacy invasion
LONDON - Madonna and her twin daughters, Stella and Estere, have accepted damages from the British publisher of the Mail Online website over an article that was a “serious invasion of privacy,&#...
Jul 27, 2017
Trump's military transgender ban prompts LGBT outrage
NEW YORK - Most LGBT-rights activists never believed Donald Trump’s campaign promises to be their friend. But with his move Wednesday to ban transgender people from military service, on top of o...
Jul 27, 2017
Iran claims launch of satellite-carrying rocket into space
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran successfully launched its most advanced satellite-carrying rocket into space, the country’s state media reported Thursday, in what is likely the most significant step yet for...
Jul 27, 2017
Trump transgender ban nod to Christian conservatives
WASHINGTON - His agenda stalled and his party divided, President Donald Trump veered into the nation’s simmering culture wars by announcing plans to ban transgender people from serving in the mi...
Jul 27, 2017
Trump's transgender troops ban divides veterans in Congress
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s decision to ban transgender service in the armed forces drove a wedge through military veterans in Congress, with one camp standing squarely behind the comm...
Jul 27, 2017
'Fired by tweet:' Troops, veterans react to transgender ban
SAN DIEGO - A former U.S. naval combat-tested officer said she feels angry that President Donald Trump is saying transgender veterans like her should be considered unfit to serve. Another transgender ...
Jul 27, 2017
GOP blame-a-thon over health bill crash, but no clear path
WASHINGTON - The resounding Senate crash of the seven-year Republican drive to scrap the Obama health care law incited GOP finger-pointing Friday but left the party with wounded leaders and no evident...
Jul 27, 2017
