Category Archives: World
The Latest: Army trucks roll deeper into Philippine city
MANILA, Philippines - The Latest on the siege of a Philippine city that led President Rodrigo Duterte to declare martial law in the south (all times local): 10 a.m. Army dump trucks carrying several s...
May 24, 2017
Key benchmarks in President Donald Trump's budget
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump sent Congress his recommended budget for the coming fiscal year. It includes steep cuts to many programs relied on by the poor, such as Medicaid and food stamps, an...
May 24, 2017
Agency-by-agency look at Trump's budget
How President Donald Trump’s proposed $4.1 trillion federal spending plan would affect individual government agencies. ___ AGRICULTURE Up or down? Down 5 per cent Highlight: The proposed budget ...
May 24, 2017
Islamic State-linked militants besiege Philippine city
MARAWI, Philippines - Army tanks packed with soldiers rolled into a southern Philippine city Thursday as gunfire and explosions rang out after militants linked to the Islamic State group torched build...
May 23, 2017
Jury of 12 on Bill Cosby sex assault case includes 2 blacks
PITTSBURGH - The jury that will hear the sex assault case against Bill Cosby will include two blacks among its 12 members in a case Cosby believes could be racially motivated. Prosecutors and the defe...
May 23, 2017
Trump administration dropping nuclear waste burial test
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The U.S. Department of Energy is abandoning a test meant to determine whether nuclear waste can be buried far underground because of changes in budget priorities, the agency said T...
May 23, 2017
Juan Gabriel's son sues Univision, Telemundo for defamation
MIAMI - Mexican superstar Juan Gabriel’s son is seeking $100 million from Spanish-language broadcasters Univision and Telemundo in a defamation lawsuit filed in a state court in Miami. The singe...
May 23, 2017
Man testifies in his own trial in marijuana resort case
FLANDREAU, S.D. - A man on trial for his alleged role in a marijuana grow room on the Flandreau Santee Sioux Reservation testified Tuesday that he had visited the facility just three times, as prosecu...
May 23, 2017
Rhode Island House passes bill to deregulate hair braiding
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Rhode Island House of Representatives has passed legislation that would deregulate the business of African-style hair braiding, which practitioners say is a cultural tradition a...
May 23, 2017
Times Square crash: 5 still hospitalized, but teen goes home
NEW YORK - A New Jersey high school senior and another person mowed down by a driver on a Times Square sidewalk were released from hospitals Tuesday, but five other victims are still hospitalized, sch...
May 23, 2017
