Category Archives: World
Vaccine may cut HPV infections, an oral cancer risk, in men
The HPV vaccine that helps prevent cervical cancer in women also might lower the risk in young men of oral infections that can cause mouth and throat cancers, a new study finds. These cancers are risi...
May 17, 2017
State Dept. criticizes Turkey for violence outside embassy
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials strongly criticized the Turkish government Wednesday as video appeared to show its president’s security forces pushing past police and violently breaking up a protest...
May 17, 2017
US judge blocks restriction on immigrant legal help
SEATTLE - A federal judge temporarily blocked a Justice Department decision that immigrant legal rights organizations around the country said would curtail much of the work they do help those facing d...
May 17, 2017
Fractious House panel at centre of latest Trump probes
WASHINGTON - The oversight committee chosen by House Speaker Paul Ryan to investigate whether President Donald Trump obstructed an FBI probe has been the most publicly aggressive group involved in the...
May 17, 2017
Love bite? Snake bites Florida man who tries to kiss it
BOSTWICK, Fla. - Authorities say a Florida man leaned in to kiss a rattlesnake - but got bitten instead. News outlets report the unidentified man was bitten on the tongue Tuesday in the Bostwick area ...
May 17, 2017
Target locked in game of shipping tag with Wal-Mart, Amazon
NEW YORK - Target, Wal-Mart and Amazon are engaged in a game of shipping tag, each trying to adjust their free threshold and other shipping strategies to a level that can lure shoppers away from one o...
May 17, 2017
Trump says he's 'very close' to naming a new FBI director
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is “very close” to naming a new FBI director to replace the one he fired more than a week ago and that former Connecticut Sen. Joe...
May 17, 2017
Former admiral gets 18 months in jail for lying
SAN DIEGO - Over two decades, Robert Gilbeau rose through the ranks to Navy admiral and earned a chest-full of honours for his service, including a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. During that period he ...
May 17, 2017
Milwaukee Sheriff Clarke takes job with Homeland Security
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who built a following among conservatives with his provocative social media presence and strong support of Donald Trump, said Wednesday that he’s taken a j...
May 17, 2017
Brazilian judge demands to be called 'Your Honor' at bakery
SAO PAULO - Brazil’s top judicial oversight board has decided it won’t sanction a judge who allegedly got angry at a bakery cafe waiter and demanded the man address him as “Your Hono...
May 17, 2017
