Category Archives: World
Crack open a lukewarm one: Indiana's quirky rules about beer
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana law allows someone to walk out of a convenience store and crack open a beer purchased there, but it can’t be a cold one. Decades-old rules, closely guarded by elected offi...
Apr 19, 2017
Nevada woman accused of faking son's death to raise money
RENO, Nev. - A Nevada woman accused of falsely claiming her 10-year-old son had a terminal illness and died so she could solicit gifts and money from sympathizers told the boy during the alleged scam ...
Apr 19, 2017
Pilot error blamed for fatal California U2 spy plane crash
SAN FRANCISCO - A mistake by a pilot on his first flight in a U2 spy plane forced him and an instructor to eject from the plane while on a training mission from a California base in September, killing...
Apr 19, 2017
Cash-strapped Venezuela a major funder of Trump inauguration
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro may be struggling to feed Venezuela but his socialist administration still managed to make a $500,000 donation to Donald Trump’s inauguration, recor...
Apr 19, 2017
AP Source: Exxon seeks OK to resume Russian oil venture
WASHINGTON - Exxon Mobil is seeking permission from the U.S. government for approval to resume drilling around the Black Sea with a Russian partner, state-owned Rosneft, according to a person familiar...
Apr 19, 2017
Illinois road project stung by judge's endangered-bee ruling
CHICAGO - A highway in suburban Chicago has become the second Midwest road construction project delayed temporarily because of concerns about possible harm to a bumblebee recently listed as an endange...
Apr 19, 2017
Judge in endangered fish lawsuit lifts hold on Montana dam
HELENA, Mont. - A federal judge in Montana on Wednesday lifted his hold on a proposed irrigation dam and fish passage that U.S. officials say is the best hope to save an endangered ancient species of ...
Apr 19, 2017
GM quits Venezuela after government seizes its factory
VALENCIA, Venezuela - General Motors announced Thursday that it was shuttering its operations in Venezuela after authorities seized its factory in the country, a move that could draw the Trump adminis...
Apr 19, 2017
El Salvador seizes mining company's assets for payment
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - The government of El Salvador has seized properties, vehicles and bank accounts tied to OceanaGold because it says the company has not paid its legal costs after losing a d...
Apr 19, 2017
Ex-President George H.W. Bush remains in Houston hospital
HOUSTON - A spokesman for former President George H.W. Bush says the nation’s 41st president remains under observation at a Houston hospital after recovering from “a mild case of pneumonia...
Apr 19, 2017
