Category Archives: World
Venezuela protesters target Maduro, vow to keep up pressure
CARACAS, Venezuela - Thousands of protesters demanding new elections faced off with security forces who launched tear gas and stood shoulder-to-shoulder blocking roadways in the Venezuelan capital Mon...
Apr 10, 2017
US says global spam scheme targeted after mastermind nabbed
WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities announced Monday they are working to dismantle a global computer network that sent hundreds of millions of spam emails worldwide each year. The Russian man alleged to be ...
Apr 10, 2017
Judge again finds discrimination in Texas' voter ID law
AUSTIN, Texas - A judge Monday again ruled that Republican lawmakers deliberately designed a strict voter ID law to disadvantage minorities and effectively dampen their growing electoral power. It amo...
Apr 10, 2017
Whitehead's 'Underground Railroad' wins fiction Pulitzer
NEW YORK - Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad,” his celebrated novel about an escaped slave that combined liberating imagination and brutal reality, has won the Pulitzer Pr...
Apr 10, 2017
Investigation of Trump's charity wins Pulitzer Prize
NEW YORK - The biggest U.S. news story of 2016 - the tumultuous presidential campaign - yielded a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for the Washington Post reporter who not only raised doubts about Donald Trum...
Apr 10, 2017
21st Century Fox investigating O'Reilly harassment claims
NEW YORK - As advertisers flee Bill O’Reilly’s nightly talk show amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment, Fox News parent 21st Century Fox is investigating one of those claims again...
Apr 10, 2017
Alabama solid red for now despite Republican scandals
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The resignation of the governor, the ouster of the House speaker and the suspension of the chief justice have left Alabama Republicans to restore order after nine months of chaos. B...
Apr 10, 2017
Police union's raffle prize: Use of stun gun on an officer
DERIDDER, La. - A local police union in Louisiana is raffling off a grand prize that has shocked some: the use of a stun gun on one of its officers. DeRidder Police Chief John Gott says officers thems...
Apr 10, 2017
The Latest: Post's Fahrenthold: Pulitzer win 'overwhelming'
NEW YORK - The Latest on the Pulitzer Prizes in journalism and the arts (all times local): 5:05 p.m. Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Fahrenthold of The Washington Post says getting a call from P...
Apr 10, 2017
Official: Russia knew Syrian chemical attack was coming
WASHINGTON - The United States has made a preliminary conclusion that Russia knew in advance of Syria’s chemical weapons attack last week, but has no proof of Moscow’s involvement, a senio...
Apr 10, 2017
