Category Archives: World
Dakota Access pipeline expected to begin shipping Thursday
BISMARCK, N.D. - The developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, which is expected to begin shipping oil on Thursday, will face scrutiny later this summer on whether it violated North Dakota rules du...
May 31, 2017
Painful words: How a 1980 letter fueled the opioid epidemic
Nearly 40 years ago, a respected doctor wrote a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine with some very good news: Out of nearly 40,000 patients given powerful pain drugs in a Boston hospital, on...
May 31, 2017
13 Turkish troops die in helicopter crash near Iraq border
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey’s military says 13 soldiers have died in a helicopter crash the border with Iraq. A military statement said the AS532 Cougar helicopter crashed Wednesday shortly after ta...
May 31, 2017
Pelley out, Mason temporarily in as CBS News anchor
NEW YORK - CBS’ effort to brand itself as the home of hard-edged newscasts has been a success in the morning, not so much in the evening - and “CBS Evening News” anchor Scott Pelley ...
May 31, 2017
Lebanon bans the new "Wonder Woman" movie
BEIRUT - Lebanese authorities banned the new “Wonder Woman” movie Wednesday hours before it was due to premiere in the capital and following a campaign against its lead actress, Gal Gadot,...
May 31, 2017
UN chief to meet rival Cyprus leaders in New York
NICOSIA, Cyprus - United Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet the rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus at U.N. headquarters in New York amid faltering reunification talks, officials said...
May 31, 2017
Fed survey finds tight labour markets, rising wages
WASHINGTON - The economy kept growing in April through late May, with more regions citing worker shortages across a widening range of occupations, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday. In its latest...
May 31, 2017
Jerry Garcia's guitar heads to auction, could fetch $1M
NEW YORK - A guitar that Jerry Garcia played everywhere from San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom to Egypt’s Great Pyramids is headed to auction on Wednesday night. The Grateful Dead frontm...
May 31, 2017
Gregg Allman's funeral planned in Macon, where band won fame
MACON, Ga. - A funeral for rock star Gregg Allman will be held Saturday in Macon, Georgia, where The Allman Brothers Band first won fame. Local news media report that a private memorial is scheduled f...
May 31, 2017
Mistrial in case against dad accused in 3-year-old's death
CAMDEN, N.J. - A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the case of a New Jersey man accused of killing his 3-year-old son, as jurors told a judge they couldn’t reach a verdict after five days of de...
May 31, 2017
