Category Archives: World
For juveniles sentenced to Shakespeare, the world's a stage
PITTSFIELD, Mass. - For some juvenile offenders, their choice is straight out of Hamlet: to act or not to act. Shakespeare & Company, a theatre company in Lenox, Massachusetts, works with the cour...
Mar 21, 2017
US, South Korea say North Korea's latest missile test fails
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea’s latest missile launch ended in failure on Wednesday as the United States sent a supersonic bomber streaking over ally South Korea in a show of force aga...
Mar 21, 2017
Shrimp fossil is named for British naturalist Attenborough
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - He recently had a polar research vessel named in his honour. Now Sir David Attenborough, the famed British naturalist, also has an ancient shrimp as a namesake. To mark Attenborough...
Mar 21, 2017
Cleveland-area pastor cancels his Chicago 'gang summit'
CHICAGO - A Cleveland-area minister who told President Donald Trump that Chicago’s “top gang thugs” wanted to meet with him to find ways to reduce gun violence said the decision to c...
Mar 21, 2017
Cities, sheriffs find flaws in Trump's immigration jail list
AUSTIN, Texas - Several city officials and sheriffs around the U.S. lashed out Tuesday at a White House report aiming to shame them over what the Trump administration sees as lax immigration policies,...
Mar 21, 2017
Mother of man killed by St. Paul police asks to see video
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The mother of a man killed by St. Paul police is asking to view video that she says may show her son’s final moments. Cordale Quinn Handy, of Waukegan, Illinois, died of multip...
Mar 21, 2017
32 deaths in metro Phoenix attributed to counterfeit pills
PHOENIX - Authorities say they have uncovered a dangerous new trend in drug trafficking in Arizona in which addicts are taking counterfeit OxyContin pills that are laced with the more powerful painkil...
Mar 21, 2017
High court limits president's power to fill temporary posts
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday limited the president’s power to temporarily fill vacant government posts while nominations are tied up in partisan political fights. The 6-2 ruling sai...
Mar 21, 2017
Altered Facebook news headline jolts Virginia governors race
RICHMOND, Va. - Facebook users beware: that headline on the politically related news article you’re reading - including this one - may not be real. An altered Facebook headline on a newspaper st...
Mar 21, 2017
Mom: Teen daughter afraid to come home after Chicago attack
CHICAGO - The mother of a 15-year-old girl who authorities say was sexually assaulted in an attack streamed live on Facebook said Wednesday that her daughter has received online threats since it happe...
Mar 21, 2017
