Category Archives: World
Trump limits IRS action over church political activity
WASHINGTON - Declaring he was giving churches their “voices back,” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday aimed at easing an IRS rule limiting political activity for rel...
May 04, 2017
South Koreans begin early voting to replace ousted Park
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Koreans began early voting Thursday in the election to replace ousted President Park Geun-hye. Early voters can cast ballots Thursday and Friday at about 3,510 pollin...
May 04, 2017
Texas DA says she'll 'do what's right' in teen death probe
A black teenager’s killing by a white police officer outside a suburban Dallas house party has prompted concerns from some community leaders over whether the new district attorney will follow in...
May 04, 2017
Prosecutor had complained about Texas cop's conduct
DALLAS - The prosecutor’s office investigating the death of a black teenager who was shot by a Dallas-area police officer had once filed a complaint over that officer’s aggressive behaviou...
May 04, 2017
Officials warn of floodwater risks in soaked Midwest states
ST. LOUIS - Joseph Fiorilli is ready to go home, even though most everything he left behind when the flooded Meramec River inundated his eastern Missouri home will be a soggy, stinky mess. Fiorilli, h...
May 04, 2017
Sandstorm blankets huge area of China in dusty pollution
BEIJING - A sandstorm blown by gusting winds enveloped a huge area of central and northern China on Thursday in thick pollution hazardous to people venturing outdoors. The Beijing Meteorological Obser...
May 04, 2017
Australian mother won't stand trial for killing 8 children
BRISBANE, Australia - A mother who stabbed to death her seven children and a niece in northern Australia in 2014 will not stand trial for murder because she was suffering cannabis-induced schizophreni...
May 04, 2017
Top Philippine official to face questions at UN rights body
GENEVA - A top Philippine official is set to be questioned next week at the U.N. Human Rights Council on issues such as extrajudicial killings and vigilante justice alleged to be occurring in Presiden...
May 04, 2017
Class assignment to build toy gun sparks university lockdown
ST. LOUIS - An engineering student at Saint Louis University did too well on a class assignment to build a toy gun, creating a model so realistic that it prompted a campus-wide lockdown and hunt for a...
May 04, 2017
Focus of Alton Sterling case shifts to Louisiana prosecutor
BATON ROUGE, La. - After federal authorities announced they would not prosecute two white police officers in the shooting death of a black man, a refrain rang out from the man’s family, lawyers ...
May 04, 2017
