Category Archives: World
Vatican Cardinal Pell faces Australian court on sex charges
MELBOURNE, Australia - Silent but defiant, Cardinal George Pell made his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday on charges of sexual abuse, vowing through his lawyer to fight the allegations...
Jul 25, 2017
Is the covert CIA program to arm Syrian rebels still secret?
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump seemed to blow the lid on the cancellation of a covert CIA program in Syria when he tweeted about it this week. But, intelligence agencies still won’t talk ab...
Jul 25, 2017
Justice Dept. rules intensify crackdown on sanctuary cities
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department escalated its promised crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities Tuesday, saying it will no longer award coveted grant money to cities unless they give federal immigr...
Jul 25, 2017
Cosby accuser arrested on heroin charge at California jail
SAN DIEGO - A model who accused Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting her at a Playboy Mansion party in 2008 has been arrested on suspicion of bringing heroin to a San Diego jail, officials said Tuesday. ...
Jul 25, 2017
Barbara Sinatra, Frank's 4th wife and philanthropist, dies
LOS ANGELES - Barbara Sinatra, the fourth wife of legendary singer Frank Sinatra and a prominent children’s advocate and philanthropist who raised millions of dollars to help abused children, di...
Jul 25, 2017
Sister: Teen driver in fatal California crash not at fault
FRESNO, Calif. - A 14-year-old survivor of a deadly car crash in California that was livestreamed on Instagram said she isn’t mad at anyone and doesn’t blame the driver. Instead, Manuela S...
Jul 25, 2017
Ruling lets Italy hunt abroad for new Colosseum chief
ROME - The international search for a new director for Rome’s Colosseum will go forward after a legal challenge by the city that had halted it was dismissed by a national administrative tribunal...
Jul 25, 2017
Trump administration cuts short anti-teen pregnancy grants
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Dozens of teen pregnancy prevention programs deemed ineffective by President Donald Trump’s administration will lose more than $200 million in funding following a surprise decisi...
Jul 25, 2017
Model Chrissy Teigen says Trump blocked her on Twitter
Model Chrissy Teigen says she has been blocked on Twitter by President Donald Trump after years of trolling the Republican online. Teigen posted a screenshot from her Twitter account revealing she had...
Jul 25, 2017
Al Gore on 'Inconvenient Sequel,' Trump, and the environment
NEW YORK - Al Gore admits he was frustrated upon hearing the news last month that President Trump was pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord, but since then he’s become more optimistic. Gore wo...
Jul 25, 2017
