Category Archives: World
Palestinian prisoners end mass hunger strike
JERUSALEM - Hundreds of hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners ended their 40-day fast on the first day of the month-long Muslim holiday of Ramadan, after reaching a compromise with Israel for addition...
May 26, 2017
Tributes pour in for ex-national security adviser Brzezinski
WASHINGTON - Well before he went to the White House in 1977, Jimmy Carter was impressed by the views of foreign policy expert Zbigniew Brzezinski. That Carter immediately liked the Polish-born academi...
May 26, 2017
Sounds of silence? Trump's body language speaks volumes
TAORMINA, Italy - The alpha-male handshake. The deadpan reaction from NATO leaders. The presidential push to the front of the pack. Even if Donald Trump hasn’t done a lot of public speaking duri...
May 26, 2017
Texas 'bathroom bill' near collapse over GOP standoff
AUSTIN, Texas - A proposed Texas “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people neared collapse Friday over a deadlock between Republicans heeding warnings from big businesses and sports lea...
May 26, 2017
White House to share information about lobbyist waivers
WASHINGTON - The White House is preparing to post to its website information about waivers it has granted to ex-lobbyists working in the president’s office. Spokeswoman Lindsay Walters says the ...
May 26, 2017
Missouri museum to display Confederate battle flag
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - At a time Confederate symbols are being purged from public sites, a northeast Missouri museum is putting a restored Confederacy flag on permanent inside display, calling it “a...
May 26, 2017
Federal judge tosses out life sentences for DC sniper Malvo
MCLEAN, Va. - A federal judge on Friday tossed out two life sentences for one of Virginia’s most notorious criminals, sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, and ordered Virginia courts to hold new sentencing he...
May 26, 2017
Company faces backlash for pulling Hannity ads
NEW YORK - Financial services firm USAA, facing a backlash to its decision to pull advertising from Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News Channel, says it is withdrawing from other opinion-based telev...
May 26, 2017
The Latest: Tom Morello, Josh Brolin eulogize Chris Cornell
LOS ANGELES - The Latest on memorial services Friday for late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell (all times local): 1:25 p.m. Chris Cornell’s memorial service has ended and mourners are headed t...
May 26, 2017
Melania Trump wears $51K Dolce & Gabbana jacket in Sicily
TAORMINA, Italy - Melania Trump’s first outing in the Sicilian sunshine was in a colorful floral applique jacket by Dolce & Gabbana that sells for $51,000, or several thousand dollars below ...
May 26, 2017
