Category Archives: World
Health care law works in some ways, comes up short in others
WASHINGTON - Once again, “Obamacare” has survived a near-death experience. It won’t be the end of the political debate, but House Speaker Paul Ryan acknowledges, “We’re g...
Mar 25, 2017
EU puts pen to paper, signs unity pledge on 60th anniversary
ROME - With Britain poised to start divorce proceedings, the 27 remaining European Union nations put pen to paper Saturday in Rome to renew their vows for continued unity in the face of crises that ar...
Mar 25, 2017
Public memorial service to honour Fisher and Reynolds
LOS ANGELES - Stars and fans will gather Saturday for a public memorial to honour late actresses Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher nearly three months after their deaths. The ceremony honouring the li...
Mar 25, 2017
After health care bill's withdrawal, elation and anger
NEW YORK - Some Americans breathed a sigh of relief, others bubbled with frustration, and nearly all resigned themselves to the prospect that the latest chapter in the never-ending national debate ove...
Mar 24, 2017
Sacramento man arrested in killing of 2 adults, 2 juveniles
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Police arrested a 56-year-old man who works for the state Friday on suspicion that he killed two adults and two children in a quiet Northern California neighbourhood. Authorities ...
Mar 24, 2017
Harrison Ford says he was distracted when he flew over plane
LOS ANGELES - Actor Harrison Ford said he was distracted and concerned about turbulence from another aircraft last month when he mistakenly landed on a taxiway at a Southern California airport after f...
Mar 24, 2017
Police: Florida man cited for eating pancakes in the street
LAKEWOOD, Fla. - Authorities say they’ve charged a Florida man recorded on video sitting in the street eating pancakes. A Lakeland police news release says Kiaron Thomas was charged Thursday wit...
Mar 24, 2017
Correction: Penn State-Abuse story
HARRISBURG, Pa. - In some versions of a March 24 story about the criminal conviction of former Penn State University president Graham Spanier, The Associated Press erroneously reported the length of r...
Mar 24, 2017
US immigration judge grants asylum to Singapore teen blogger
CHICAGO - A teenage blogger from Singapore whose online posts blasting his government landed in him jail was granted asylum to remain in the United States, an immigration judge in Chicago ruled Friday...
Mar 24, 2017
Man sentenced in death of pregnant ex-girlfriend in Hawaii
HONOLULU - A judge sentenced a man Friday to life in prison with the possibility of parole in the murder of his ex-girlfriend who disappeared while pregnant with his child in Hawaii. A jury last year ...
Mar 24, 2017
