Category Archives: World
A dozen dogs infected with flu that spread at Florida shows
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Health officials have now confirmed a dozen cases of H3N2 canine influenza in Florida, where they say the flu was spreading among animals at two dog shows. Rossana Passaniti of ...
May 31, 2017
Trial opens for man accused of abusing girl he got as a gift
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. - The mother of six girls a man is accused of assaulting, fathering two children by one of them, says she knew about the sexual activity but believed it “could be a good thing.&#...
May 31, 2017
No agreement reached as diplomats huddle on Venezuela crisis
WASHINGTON - Top diplomats from across the Western Hemisphere fell short Wednesday in their bid to reach agreement about how to address Venezuela’s deteriorating democratic crisis, with some cou...
May 31, 2017
Creative Kushner mapping underscores holes in visa program
NEW YORK - The Kushner Cos. engaged in a bit of creative mapmaking to qualify one of its buildings in a booming New Jersey waterfront neighbourhood across from Manhattan for a federal visa-for-investm...
May 31, 2017
Malaysia Airlines jet diverted in Australia over bomb scare
CANBERRA, Australia - A Malaysia Airlines plane returned to Australia after a mentally ill passenger threatened to detonate a bomb and attempted to enter the cockpit before he was tackled and tied up ...
May 31, 2017
Tweet That: #covfefe signals @realDonaldTrump is back
WASHINGTON - Covfefe (cuv-fey-fey) noun: A sure sign that President Donald Trump has regained control of his Twitter account. For more than a week, the tweets from @realDonaldTrump were, well, boring....
May 31, 2017
Train stabbing survivor: Portland has 'white saviour complex'
PORTLAND, Ore. - A man who was stabbed in the neck while trying to stop a man from shouting anti-Muslim insults at two young women on a Portland, Oregon, light-rail train said Wednesday that the city ...
May 31, 2017
Clinton quip on 'covfefe': It was a message to the Russians
LOS ANGELES - Hillary Clinton has a hunch about President Donald Trump and his mysterious tweet about “covfefe.” “I thought it was a hidden message to the Russians,” the 2016 D...
May 31, 2017
Analysts: Leaving climate deal likely wouldn't add US jobs
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has declared that abandoning the Paris climate agreement would be a victory for the American economy. Many economists have big doubts. They say the agreement would ...
May 31, 2017
Oregon governor signs transgender equity bill into law
SALEM, Ore. - Gov. Kate Brown has signed a bill that will make it easier for transgender people in Oregon to shield any updates they make to their birth certificates, a process typically conducted thr...
May 31, 2017
