Category Archives: World
Verizon to take 'Oath' as new company to run Yahoo, AOL
SAN FRANCISCO - Verizon Communications will create a new company called Oath after it completes its $4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo and melds the troubled internet company with its AOL operations. O...
Apr 03, 2017
The Latest: UN Security Council condemns attack in Russia
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - The Latest on the explosion on a train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg (all times local): 3:20 a.m. The U.N. Security Council is condemning “in the strongest terms...
Apr 03, 2017
Judge rejects Roman Polanski's bid to end sex abuse case
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge rejected Roman Polanski’s bid to end his long-running underage sex abuse case without the fugitive director appearing in court or being sentenced to more prison...
Apr 03, 2017
Mallinckrodt to pay $35M in deal to end feds' opioid probe
TRENTON, N.J. - A top maker of brand-name and generic narcotic painkillers has agreed to pay the U.S. government $35 million to resolve a probe of its distribution of those drugs. Mallinckrodt PLC sai...
Apr 03, 2017
Federal judge blocks Indiana abortion ultrasound mandate
INDIANAPOLIS - A federal judge has blocked an Indiana mandate forcing women to undergo an ultrasound at least 18 hours before having an abortion, ruling that the requirement is likely unconstitutional...
Apr 03, 2017
Atlanta after major bridge collapse: jump in mass transit
Atlanta area commuters crowded aboard mass transit trains and fewer cars hit the road Monday as public schools went on spring break, easing fears of fierce gridlock after last week’s fiery colla...
Apr 03, 2017
Joe Biden to return to New Hampshire for Democrats' dinner
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Former Vice-President Joe Biden is the first major Democrat scheduled to return to the early primary state of New Hampshire since the November election. Biden will headline the stat...
Apr 03, 2017
Whoa: Horse rescued after falling into hole in California
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Authorities say a horse returning from a run to Taco Bell escaped serious injury after falling into a 5-foot-deep hole in Southern California. Fire officials say the saddled horse ...
Apr 03, 2017
Restaurant refuses to serve man wearing breast cancer shirt
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - An Atlanta man says he was turned away from a Birmingham restaurant because of his attire - a pink T-shirt that included a simple line-drawing of a pair of breasts and the words ...
Apr 03, 2017
California may not require bail for most criminal suspects
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California could dramatically change the way it pressures criminal defendants to show up for court, doing away with monetary bail for most and taking income into account for other...
Apr 03, 2017
