Category Archives: World
Court: Civil Rights law prohibits discrimination of LGBT
CHICAGO - A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Tuesday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme C...
Apr 04, 2017
Prosecutor asks jury for 'full justice' over barracks ambush
MILFORD, Pa. - A prosecutor asked jurors Tuesday to deliver “full justice” in the trial of a man accused of killing a police trooper and injuring a second in a 2014 sniper attack at their ...
Apr 04, 2017
Experts: Illinois school election affirms transgender policy
CHICAGO - School board candidates who supported a plan to let a transgender student use the girls’ locker room at a suburban Chicago school survived an election challenge in one of several local...
Apr 04, 2017
Mars Inc. suing Wisconsin woman over her brand of chocolates
MILWAUKEE - Candy maker Mars Inc. is suing a Wisconsin woman over chocolates she is selling under a name that the company argues is “confusingly similar” to its cocoa extract supplements c...
Apr 04, 2017
Groups sue to stop US use of cyanide predator killing traps
BOISE, Idaho - Environmental and animal-welfare groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit claiming the U.S. government is violating the Endangered Species Act by allowing the use of two predator-killing poiso...
Apr 04, 2017
Jeweler apologizes for ad that some said promoted violence
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - A North Carolina jewelry store has apologized for and replaced a billboard that some said promoted violence against women. The Asheville Citizen-Times reports (http://avlne.ws/2o6XCL...
Apr 04, 2017
Arizona sheriff to shut down famed Tent City jails complex
PHOENIX - The new sheriff of metro Phoenix announced Tuesday that he’s closing down a complex of jail tents that helped make his predecessor, Joe Arpaio, a national law enforcement figure. The d...
Apr 04, 2017
NC man guilty of murdering 4, including 'Top Model' hopeful
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina man has been convicted of murdering four people in two drug-related killings, including an aspiring model who appeared on a reality TV show. A Charlotte jury on Tues...
Apr 04, 2017
Brazil soap star Jose Mayer apologizes for sexual harassment
RIO DE JANEIRO - A top soap opera star in Brazil on Tuesday apologized for sexually harassing a female colleague on set, doing an about-face after days of claiming the woman was confusing his villaino...
Apr 04, 2017
Border turns quiet under Trump amid steep drop in arrests
MCALLEN, Texas - Just five people were eating dinner on a recent weeknight at a Texas church that is a stopping point for newly arrived immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. On a typical night last ye...
Apr 04, 2017
