Category Archives: World
Vegas protest of man's death in custody leads to 10 arrests
LAS VEGAS - Fighting erupted during a weekend protest on the Las Vegas Strip amid calls for a police officer to face criminal charges in the death of a black man in custody, leading to 10 arrests, aut...
May 29, 2017
Montenegro official prevented from travelling through Moscow
PODGORICA, Montenegro - Montenegro on Monday strongly protested “inappropriate” conduct by Russian authorities against a senior ruling party leader who was prevented from changing planes a...
May 29, 2017
Moldova's government orders expulsion of 5 Russian diplomats
BUCHAREST, Romania - Moldova’s government is expelling five Russian diplomats from the former Soviet republic. A spokeswoman for the Foreign and European Integration Ministry confirmed Monday th...
May 29, 2017
Floods drive tens of thousands from homes in Brazil, 6 dead
SAO PAULO - Heavy rains and flooding have driven tens of thousands of Brazilians from their homes in the country’s northeast and caused at least six deaths, authorities said Monday. The state of...
May 29, 2017
Special prosecutor Mueller extols humility, integrity
MARION, Mass. - Special prosecutor Robert Mueller III has given a heart-warming address to Massachusetts college prep school graduates, several days after his appointment to head an investigation into...
May 29, 2017
Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn face tough questions on live TV
LONDON - Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn faced tough questions and a skeptical audience in a live TV event Monday night ahead of next week’s parliamentary electi...
May 29, 2017
El Salvador Jesuits seek freedom for ex-col. in 1989 murders
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Jesuits in El Salvador asked the government Monday to commute a former military colonel’s prison sentence for the 1989 killings of six priests from their order and tw...
May 29, 2017
Brazil's federal police worried about new justice minister
SAO PAULO - The union representing Brazil’s federal police investigators expressed concerns Monday about how probes into government corruption will be handled by the newly named justice minister...
May 29, 2017
Venezuela opposition leader Capriles tear-gassed at protest
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles has been tear-gassed during a protest in the capital. The former presidential candidate was gassed Monday by soldiers who were tryin...
May 29, 2017
We'll always have Van Nuys: Hangar from 'Casablanca' saved
LOS ANGELES - The airport hangar facade from the opening scene of “Casablanca” has found a home a decade after being saved from the wrecking ball. The arched facade dating to the 1920s has...
May 29, 2017
