Category Archives: World
Michigan imposes prison term for female genital mutilation
LANSING, Mich. - Doctors, parents and others involved in female genital mutilation in Michigan will face up to 15 years in prison under new laws signed Tuesday that were sparked by an ongoing criminal...
Jul 11, 2017
In Paris, Trump is Bastille Day guest of city he derided
PARIS - President Donald Trump’s visit to Paris on Thursday will take him to a city he has repeatedly derided - and at the side of a French leader best known to Americans as the earnest young ma...
Jul 11, 2017
Brazil's Senate passes labour overhaul after 6-hour sit-in
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Senate passed an unpopular overhaul of Brazil’s labour laws Tuesday night, a move that was crucial for embattled President Michel Temer to show he has political support whil...
Jul 11, 2017
August Busch IV investigated in office park copter landing
ST. LOUIS - Former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV is under investigation after appearing “too intoxicated to take off” hours after a helicopter landed in an office park near St. Louis,...
Jul 11, 2017
Correction: Immigration Arrests story
DETROIT - In a story July 11 about a federal judge in Detroit halting the deportation of 1,400 Iraqi nationals, The Associated Press reported erroneously the date of a court hearing on the case. It...
Jul 11, 2017
Trump says he'll be 'angry' if Senate health care bill flops
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will be “very angry” if the Senate fails to pass a revamped Republican health care bill and said Majority Leader Mitch McConnell must ...
Jul 11, 2017
Beachgoers form human chain to rescue family in water
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - Strangers on a Florida beach formed an 80-person human chain to help rescue members of a family who had been caught in a riptide and pulled too far from shore, but emergency ...
Jul 11, 2017
Takata adds new type of inflator to huge air bag recall
DETROIT - Takata is adding a new type of air bag inflator to the nation’s largest automotive recall. The company filed documents with the U.S. government adding 2.7 million vehicles to the recal...
Jul 11, 2017
Federal authorities end probe into Walmart police shooting
CINCINNATI - Federal authorities announced on Tuesday they have ended their investigation of the fatal police shooting of a black man in a Walmart store, concluding there wasn’t enough evidence ...
Jul 11, 2017
TV networks gave viewers few holiday distractions last week
NEW YORK - The nation’s birthday week was observed by the networks mostly by scripted repeats along with reality and game shows. Nielsen reports that NBC’s “Macy’s 4th of July ...
Jul 11, 2017
