Category Archives: World
Guilty plea set for Haitian politician, coup leader
MIAMI - A guilty plea in a U.S. drug case is set for a former Haitian coup leader who was recently elected to the Senate in that country. Federal court records in Miami show Guy Philippe is scheduled ...
Apr 22, 2017
Actress Octavia Spencer to speak at Kent State commencement
KENT, Ohio - Kent State University’s first universitywide commencement will get a touch of Hollywood as Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer speaks to graduates of the northeastern Ohio school....
Apr 22, 2017
Advocates fan out in global show of support for science
WASHINGTON - The world saw brain power take a different form Saturday. From the Washington Monument to Germany’s Brandenburg Gate and even to Greenland, scientists, students and research advocat...
Apr 22, 2017
Supply ship named for John Glenn arrives at space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A supply ship bearing John Glenn’s name arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday. Astronauts used the station’s big robot arm to grab the capsule, as t...
Apr 22, 2017
Trump tells 'dreamers' to rest easy, targets criminals
WASHINGTON - Young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children and now in the country illegally can “rest easy,” President Donald Trump says, telling the “dreamers” they will no...
Apr 22, 2017
Sanctuary cities threatened with loss of federal grant money
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration intensified its threats to crack down on so-called sanctuary cities that refuse to comply with federal immigration authorities, warning nine jurisdictions Friday ...
Apr 22, 2017
Global finance leaders grapple with globalization fears
WASHINGTON - Global finance leaders on Saturday dropped a sharp condemnation of trade protectionism and references to climate change from a closing statement that wrapped up the spring meetings of the...
Apr 22, 2017
'Drain the swamp' more a Trump slogan than a practice so far
WASHINGTON - The leader of a bipartisan good-government group, Zach Wamp, headed to the White House last week to ask whether President Donald Trump’s “drain the swamp” slogan would e...
Apr 22, 2017
Afghan officials: 100 casualties in Afghanistan attack
KABUL - Authorities on Saturday raised the casualty toll to 100 in an attack on a military compound in northern Afghanistan a day earlier by gunmen and suicide bombers wearing army uniforms. Gen. Daul...
Apr 22, 2017
Fresno killings suspect shouts out during 1st court hearing
FRESNO, Calif. - The suspect in this week’s racially motivated shooting rampage in Fresno shouted Friday that natural disasters will increasingly hit the United States as he was ushered into a c...
Apr 21, 2017
