Category Archives: World
Mother who took sanctuary in church granted deportation stay
HARTFORD, Conn. - A housekeeper and mother of four who received sanctuary in a Connecticut church has been granted an emergency stay of a deportation order that would have sent her back to her native ...
Jul 26, 2017
LGBT outrage over Trump ban on transgender military service
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 26, 2017
Angelina Jolie reveals Bell's palsy diagnosis in Vanity Fair
LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie says she developed high blood pressure and Bell’s palsy last year. The actress-director tells Vanity Fair that she credits acupuncture for her full recovery from the...
Jul 26, 2017
Iowa group sues United over death of giant rabbit, Simon
DES MOINES, Iowa - A group of Iowa businessmen filed a lawsuit Wednesday against United Airlines over the death of a giant rabbit after a flight from London to Chicago. The businessmen filed the lawsu...
Jul 26, 2017
Statue kept decades in Philly closet sent to Italian church
PHILADELPHIA - A nearly life-sized statue missing for decades from an Italian church is being returned by an American couple who finally solved the mystery of their family’s odd relic. Ed Nader ...
Jul 26, 2017
Trump again rips attorney general but many want him to stay
WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans and influential conservatives rallied around Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday as President Donald Trump kept up his public pelting of the nation’...
Jul 26, 2017
Police detain dozens of migrants in Milan train station
MILAN - Italian police detained several dozen people Wednesday outside Milan’s main train station as the city deals with a new wave of migrants. Police said Wednesday they detained 36 people in ...
Jul 26, 2017
Police: One-armed, machete-wielding clown arrested
HOLLIS, Maine - A man is accused of drunkenly strolling down a Maine road wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt and a clown mask and brandishing a machete taped to where his arm had been amputated. Maine ...
Jul 26, 2017
France's Macron meets Rihanna at the Elysee Palace
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron met singer Rihanna at the Elysee Palace Wednesday after the pop star appealed to him on Twitter for France to contribute to her education fund for developing c...
Jul 26, 2017
Scalise discharged from hospital, beginning rehabilitation
WASHINGTON - House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was critically wounded in a shooting at a baseball practice last month, has been discharged from a Washington hospital. MedStar Washington Hospital ...
Jul 26, 2017
