Category Archives: World
Man pleads guilty to charge arising from anti-Islam event
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A South Dakota man charged with making terroristic threats outside an anti-Islam event has pleaded guilty to a federal firearms charge. Forty-six-year-old Ehab Jaber of Sioux Falls...
Jul 25, 2017
Man charged in igniting massive Utah wildfire
SALT LAKE CITY - A man accused of accidentally sparking a massive Utah wildfire that forced some 1,500 people from their homes last month and cost about $34 million to fight was charged Tuesday. Iron ...
Jul 25, 2017
Brazil prosecutors triple budget for corruption probe
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil’s Attorney General’s office announced on Tuesday that it has tripled its 2018 budget for the investigation into a sprawling corruption scandal that has engulfed pol...
Jul 25, 2017
Colbert's shows from Russia are winners for CBS
NEW YORK - Russia may represent bad news for President Donald Trump. But not for his late-night nemesis, Stephen Colbert. The CBS “Late Show” host scored his largest margin of victory sinc...
Jul 25, 2017
Uruguay: Ex-Gitmo detainee also tried to travel to Russia
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - A former Guantanamo Bay detainee resettled in Uruguay recently tried to travel to Russia in one of at least four attempts to leave the South American country, an official said Tu...
Jul 25, 2017
Celgene Corp. to pay $280M to settle cancer drug fraud suit
LOS ANGELES - Celgene Corp. has agreed to pay $280 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging the pharmaceutical company committed fraud promoting a drug with a notorious history that was re-p...
Jul 25, 2017
Artist uses Iraq refugees, war veterans in radio project
PHILADELPHIA - In 2016, an Iraqi-American artist sat down with Bahjat Abdulwahed - the so-called “Walter Cronkite of Baghdad” - with the idea of launching a radio project that would be par...
Jul 25, 2017
What could happen if Jeff Sessions is pushed out of office?
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s startlingly public criticism of Jeff Sessions over the last week suggests an effort to pressure the attorney general into resigning with a possible eye towa...
Jul 25, 2017
Court nixes rifle target maker's defamation suit against NBC
NEW YORK - A rifle target maker missed its mark when it said in a lawsuit that NBC mischaracterized its exploding targets as bombs, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of...
Jul 25, 2017
Trump, Lebanese leader pledge solidarity against terrorism
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that supporting Syrian refugees as close to their home as possible is the best way to help them. Trump commented during an appearance with Lebanese Pri...
Jul 25, 2017
