Category Archives: World
Hope for preemies as artificial womb helps tiny lambs grow
WASHINGTON - Researchers are creating an artificial womb to improve care for extremely premature babies - and remarkable animal testing suggests the first-of-its-kind watery incubation so closely mimi...
Apr 25, 2017
Trump to propose massive tax cuts for businesses
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump plans to propose massive tax cuts for businesses big and small as part of an overhaul that he says will provide the biggest tax cuts in U.S. history. In addition to...
Apr 25, 2017
Here's what could be next for Trump's sanctuary cities order
SAN FRANCISCO - President Donald Trump is lashing out at a judge’s ruling blocking his attempt to strip funds from “sanctuary cities” that don’t co-operate with U.S. immigratio...
Apr 25, 2017
States alarmed by laser strikes on aircraft are passing laws
LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State Police pilot Jerry King was flying his state plane back to the Lansing airport after a mission when he saw a green pulsing light in the night sky. Suddenly, he was blin...
Apr 25, 2017
Los Angeles' piano-playing mayor declares 'La La Land' day
Los Angeles’ mayor declared Tuesday “La La Land” day as acrobats suspended by ropes danced their way across the outside walls of City Hall to the tune of the film’s jubilant op...
Apr 25, 2017
Palestinian activist pleads guilty to US immigration crime
DETROIT - A Chicago Palestinian activist with a decades-old record of bombings in Israel pleaded guilty Tuesday to concealing those convictions when she applied for U.S. citizenship. Rasmea Odeh, 69, ...
Apr 25, 2017
WTO ruling favours Mexico in US 'dolphin-safe' tuna spat
MEXICO CITY - The World Trade Organization ruled Tuesday that Mexico’s tuna industry has been harmed by U.S. “dolphin-safe” labeling rules and says the country can seek retaliatory m...
Apr 25, 2017
Arizona man convicted of killing best friend, woman, 4 kids
YUMA, Ariz. - An Arizona prisoner was convicted Tuesday of the gruesome killings of his best friend, the man’s girlfriend and her four young children 12 years ago in what prosecutors called a cr...
Apr 25, 2017
Disney sets May 2019 release date for new 'Star Wars' film
LOS ANGELES - “Star Wars: Episode IX” is coming to theatres on May 24, 2019. The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday announced the summer date for the Colin Trevorrow-directed “Star Wars,R...
Apr 25, 2017
Congressional organization denies credentials to Breitbart
WASHINGTON - The panel that approves media credentials to cover Congress declined to grant permanent credentials to Breitbart News Network, LLC. The Standing Committee of Correspondents voted unanimou...
Apr 25, 2017
