Category Archives: World
Dutch court rules 12-year-old boy can refuse chemotherapy
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A judge in the Netherlands has ruled that a 12-year-old boy does not have to undergo chemotherapy if he does not want it. The ruling Friday came after the boy’s father a...
May 12, 2017
Removal of Confederate statues stirs varied reactions
NEW ORLEANS - The statue of the Confederacy’s president had been hoisted from its stone pedestal in the pre-dawn hours and the blue glint of police lights was still visible two blocks away outsi...
May 12, 2017
Consumer prices rebounded 0.2 per cent in April
WASHINGTON - Consumer prices rebounded moderately in April as energy prices climbed back up after a sharp decline in March. The Labor Department says consumer prices rose 0.2 per cent after a 0.3 per ...
May 12, 2017
US retail sales rebounded in April after sluggish winter
WASHINGTON - Americans stepped up their spending at auto dealers, hardware stores and e-commerce outlets as retail sales rebounded from two sluggish months. The Commerce Department said Friday that re...
May 12, 2017
Looking for treats, black bear gets stuck in car, honks horn
ROANOKE, Va. - The young black bear was probably looking for treats when he climbed inside a car in Virginia, but it managed to honk the horn. Roanoke police say the 200-pound animal got stuck and ble...
May 12, 2017
6.2-magnitude quake recorded off coast of El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake has struck off the coast of El Salvador. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, struck at around 4:40 a.m. Frid...
May 12, 2017
US prepares to ban laptops on flights from Europe
BRUSSELS - The U.S. is expected to broaden its ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from the European Union, a move that would create logistical chaos on the world’s busiest co...
May 12, 2017
Handwritten Harry Potter prequel stolen in burglary
LONDON - J.K. Rowling is urging Harry Potter fans not to buy a handwritten prequel to the boy wizard’s adventures that was stolen during a burglary in England. Rowling wrote the 800-word story f...
May 12, 2017
Kurdish-led forces say they will advance on IS capital
BEIRUT - A Kurdish-led Syrian force backed by the U.S. expects to advance on the Islamic State group’s de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria this summer, a commander said Friday, following...
May 12, 2017
US prosecutors told to push for more, harsher punishments
WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions is directing federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious charges possible against the vast majority of suspects, a reversal of Obama-era policies that is...
May 12, 2017
