Category Archives: World
McDonald's pulls UK ad that upset bereavement groups
LONDON - McDonald’s has pulled a British television ad that was accused of using child bereavement to sell fast food. The ad shows a boy talking to his mother about his late father and wondering...
May 16, 2017
Progress reducing US uninsured rate comes to a halt
WASHINGTON - Five years of progress reducing the number of Americans without health insurance has come to a halt, according to a government report out Tuesday. More than a factoid, it shows the stakes...
May 16, 2017
White House: Blame cyberattack on hackers, not spy agencies
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser has a message to those blaming U.S. intelligence agencies for the cyberattack encircling the globe: Don’t point a finger at ...
May 16, 2017
Grisly 24-hour period leaves 4 dead in Venezuela unrest
CARACAS, Venezuela - Business owners shuttered shops, a burned police station stood charred black and a state officer in western Venezuela was under arrest Tuesday following a spasm of violence that r...
May 16, 2017
El Daily Stormer: Neo-Nazi website is now in Spanish, too
How does a leading neo-Nazi website that has railed against Hispanic immigrants expand its audience beyond a loyal base of U.S. white supremacists? By publishing a Spanish-language edition, of course....
May 16, 2017
Terrorist or hero? Puerto Rican nationalist to be freed
NEW YORK - Oscar Lopez Rivera, the Puerto Rican nationalist who spent more than three decades behind bars for his role in a violent struggle for independence from the U.S., will be celebrated as a her...
May 16, 2017
Virginia mayor takes on online trolls after monument protest
A Virginia mayor is trolling the trolls after he lashed out at torch-toting white nationalists who protested in his city. Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer has become the target of hate-filled, anti-S...
May 16, 2017
Q&A: What to know about travel ban appeals
SEATTLE - Does federal law give President Donald Trump broad legal authority to freeze immigration by refugees and citizens of some predominantly Muslim nations? That’s the question before two f...
May 16, 2017
Study: Bullying persists in school, reports of sex crime up
WASHINGTON - One in every 5 middle and high school students has complained of being bullied at school and the number of reports of sexual assault on college campuses has more than tripled over the pas...
May 16, 2017
Supreme Court order unlikely to deter voting restrictions
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court’s refusal to breathe new life into North Carolina’s sweeping voter identification law might be just a temporary victory for civil rights groups. Republican-l...
May 16, 2017
