Category Archives: World
Navy showcasing repairs to historic warship 'Old Ironsides'
BOSTON - “Old Ironsides” is finishing up a two-year stint in dry dock. Navy officials on Wednesday are slated to offer a closer look at the restoration work on the USS Constitution as it n...
Apr 04, 2017
Brazil's shy 'Car Wash' judge is loved and loathed celebrity
CURITIBA, Brazil - A shy federal judge based in a provincial capital has become an unlikely celebrity in Brazil, where he is shaking up the nation’s power structure while overseeing what may be ...
Apr 04, 2017
Kendall Jenner's protest Pepsi spot prompts online backlash
NEW YORK - Model and Kardashian clan member Kendall Jenner’s turn as a Pepsi-wielding protester has some on social media decrying the imagery as appropriation of the Black Lives Matter movement....
Apr 04, 2017
Bill to improve weather forecasts heads to president's desk
WASHINGTON - The National Weather Service would have to boost research - including some from private companies - to improve forecasts and storm warnings under a bill headed to the president’s de...
Apr 04, 2017
Trump has strong words after Syria attack - but what next?
WASHINGTON - Eager to show strength after a major provocation, President Donald Trump is forcefully denouncing a chemical attack he blames on Syrian President Bashar Assad but staying coy about how, i...
Apr 04, 2017
Defence wants trial moved for officer who shot Castile
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Lawyers for a Minnesota police officer charged with fatally shooting a black motorist asked a judge Tuesday to move the trial, saying publicity has made it impossible to seat an unbi...
Apr 04, 2017
Judge declines to suppress evidence in whiskey-theft case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The alleged ringleader of a whiskey theft ring suffered a legal setback Tuesday when a Kentucky judge denied his motion to suppress evidence - including Wild Turkey bourbon barrels f...
Apr 04, 2017
N. Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of Trump-Xi meeting
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea fired a newly developed powerful ballistic missile into its eastern waters Wednesday, U.S. and South Korean officials said, amid worries the North might conduct...
Apr 04, 2017
Fox thrives despite scandals involving O'Reilly and Ailes
NEW YORK - The founder of Fox News Channel was forced out in a sexual harassment scandal last summer. The network’s No. 1 star, Bill O’Reilly, has been accused of crude and vindictive beha...
Apr 04, 2017
Prosecutors: Facebook assault victim was threatened with dog
CHICAGO - A Chicago girl who was sexually assaulted in an attack streamed live on Facebook was threatened with a dog attack if she tried to flee, prosecutors said Tuesday as they revealed more details...
Apr 04, 2017
