Category Archives: World
UK Parliament gives government power to begin EU exit
LONDON - Britain lurched closer to leaving the European Union Monday when Parliament stopped resisting and gave Prime Minister Theresa May the power to file for divorce from the bloc. But in a blow to...
Mar 13, 2017
Trump chides media for being 'rude' after Conway interviews
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump tweeted a critique of the media for being “rude to my very hard-working representatives” on Monday, only minutes after counsellor Kellyanne Conway complet...
Mar 13, 2017
Michelle Obama writes college letter for 'Black-ish' star
LOS ANGELES - “Black-ish” star Yara Shahidi says her college applications got a boost with a recommendation letter from former first lady Michelle Obama. Shahidi tells W magazine that Obam...
Mar 13, 2017
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, bestselling author, dead at age 51
NEW YORK - Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a popular author, filmmaker and speaker who brightened lives with her wide-eyed and generous spirit - and broke hearts when she wrote of being terminally ill and leavi...
Mar 13, 2017
Out of prison, then back in? Unique plan aims to break cycle
BOSTON - Tykeam Jackson’s soft voice and warm smile give little hint of how the 21-year-old spent his youth: in and out of juvenile detention and jails, leading a life in Boston’s mean str...
Mar 13, 2017
Lefties, techies long at odds in SF, team up against Trump
SAN FRANCISCO - Before Donald Trump’s election, Laurence Berland viewed political protest as a sort of curiosity. He was in a good place to see it: San Francisco’s Mission District, once a...
Mar 13, 2017
Arkansas official: State has drugs to conduct 8 executions
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas has a new supply of a lethal injection drug that expired earlier this year, a prison spokesman said Monday, clearing the way for four double executions that will put eight...
Mar 13, 2017
2 ex-Penn State officials plead guilty in child-sex scandal
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Two former Penn State administrators accused of covering up child sexual abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky pleaded guilty to reduced charges Monday, more than five years after...
Mar 13, 2017
Prosecutor orders release of Egypt's ousted leader Mubarak
CAIRO - Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak was ordered to be freed from detention on Monday, according to the prosecutor who signed his release order. The decision ends nearly six years of l...
Mar 13, 2017
Asian stocks drift as investors await Fed meeting
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Asian stock markets drifted in slow trading on Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s meeting and a batch of economic and political events ...
Mar 13, 2017
