Category Archives: World
Brazil judges clash over evidence in case against president
RIO DE JANEIRO - Judges on Brazil’s top electoral court argued on Wednesday whether to accept new evidence of alleged illegal campaign contributions that stem from a sweeping probe of graft in L...
Jun 07, 2017
Suspect in Notre Dame attack was ex-journalist, student
PARIS - The Algerian doctoral student suspected of attacking police officers in front of Notre Dame Cathedral - with cries of “This is for Syria!” and a hammer - was identified Wednesday b...
Jun 07, 2017
Sweden's Museum of Failure celebrates products that flopped
HELSINGBORG, Sweden - Green Heinz ketchup? Fat-free Pringles? Colgate frozen lasagna? You don’t need to be an expert to know these products weren’t successful. Which is why these creations...
Jun 07, 2017
After Pulse attack, gay Latino community seeks strength
ORLANDO, Fla. - Ricardo Negron never kissed his boyfriend in front of conservative relatives. Carlos Guillermo Smith was once attacked by anti-gay students at a college party. After coming out in high...
Jun 07, 2017
Power struggle seen within surging IS in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD - A letter drafted by a senior Islamic State militant and obtained by The Associated Press points to a growing power struggle within the group’s Afghan affiliate, pitting notoriously f...
Jun 07, 2017
A look at how Trump's climate moves affect the coal industry
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - President Donald Trump says withdrawing from a global climate change agreement will boost the U.S. economy, but existing market forces have had far more of an effect on the fossil fue...
Jun 07, 2017
Raise your right hand: High stakes at Congressional hearings
WASHINGTON - This city knows how to do big hearings - even Titanic ones. Dramatic congressional hearings are something of a Washington art form, a rite of democracy carefully crafted for the cameras. ...
Jun 07, 2017
If he only had a driver: Tin Man actor charged with DWI
SULLVIAN, N.Y. - A man hired to portray the Tin Man in “Wizard of Oz” author L. Frank Baum’s upstate New York hometown was still in his character’s makeup when his mug shot was...
Jun 07, 2017
Milo Yiannopoulos fan files lawsuit against Berkeley
SAN FRANCISCO - A fan of right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos (MY’-loh yuh-NAH’-poh-lihs) has filed a lawsuit against the regents of the University of California, the mayor of Berkeley...
Jun 07, 2017
Madeleine Albright's next book warns of fascism's dangers
NEW YORK - Madeleine Albright, the former secretary of state, is worried about democracy. Albright’s next book, “Fascism,” is a warning that democratic governments are “fragile...
Jun 07, 2017
