Category Archives: World
Some pastors praise Trump order, others worry over integrity
MINNEAPOLIS - President Donald Trump’s order to ease limits on political activity by religious organizations is being met with both enthusiasm and dread from religious leaders, with some rejoici...
May 06, 2017
Expensive, grueling fights in store for US special education
Lisa Connor felt her disabled daughter should have been making more progress in school, yet annual meetings with the district to set services and goals sometimes felt like a tug of war. A stroke had l...
May 06, 2017
Searchers for victim of Irish 'Troubles' find human remains
LONDON - A commission searching for one of the so-called “disappeared” victims of the conflict in Northern Ireland says it has discovered human remains in a French forest. The Independent ...
May 06, 2017
Tanzania police say 35 killed as bus with students crashes
DODOMA, Tanzania - At least 35 people were killed, most of them young children, after a bus carrying students lost control and crashed in northern Tanzania, police said Saturday. The bus had been carr...
May 06, 2017
Pro-EU Macron wins France's presidency, Le Pen hopes dashed
PARIS - Ripping up France’s political map, French voters elected independent centrist Emmanuel Macron as the country’s youngest president Sunday, delivering a resounding victory to the una...
May 06, 2017
Hamas says Ismail Haniyeh chosen as Islamic group's leader
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - The Hamas Islamic militant movement that controls the Gaza Strip announced Saturday it had chosen its former Gaza prime minister Ismail Haniyeh as the group’s new p...
May 06, 2017
Fraternity, 18 members charged in Penn State student's death
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Eighteen Penn State fraternity brothers have been charged with crimes ranging up to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a pledge who authorities say repeatedly fell down a fligh...
May 06, 2017
French watchdog: large amount of Macron data leaked
PARIS - France’s election campaign commission says “a significant amount of data” has been leaked on social networks following a hacking attack allegedly suffered by centrist preside...
May 06, 2017
Prosecutors dropping 2 teens' charges in school rape case
ROCKVILLE, Md. - Prosecutors are dropping charges against two Hispanic teens accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in a restroom at a suburban Washington high school, a case cited by the White House as...
May 06, 2017
Experts: Convicting ex-officer in teen's death will be tough
HOUSTON - Authorities who’ve charged a white suburban Dallas police officer with murder in a black teenager’s death face a tough task in getting a conviction as few of these cases go to tr...
May 06, 2017
