Category Archives: World
McCain to Trump: Provide wiretap evidence or retract claim
WASHINGTON - The House intelligence committee is asking the Trump administration for evidence that the phones at Trump Tower were tapped during the campaign as its namesake has charged, a request rein...
Mar 11, 2017
Fire crews rescue iguana from eastern Oregon house fire
PENDLETON, Ore. - Fire crews slipped an oxygen mask over the face of a 20-pound iguana after rescuing the creature from a house fire in Oregon. Pendleton Fire Department Assistant Chief Shawn Penninge...
Mar 11, 2017
2 critically ill in San Francisco after drinking toxic tea
SAN FRANCISCO - Two people are critically sick in San Francisco after drinking tea from the same Chinatown herbalist. The tea leaves bought at Sun Wing Wo Trading Company contained the plant-based tox...
Mar 11, 2017
Attack on rhinoceros in Paris puts zoo security in spotlight
NEW YORK - The brazen killing of a rhinoceros at a wildlife park near Paris by assailants who removed a horn valued at nearly triple the price of gold has put zookeepers on notice that poaching could ...
Mar 11, 2017
Federal judges find Texas gerrymandered maps on racial lines
AUSTIN, Texas - Federal judges found more problems in Texas’ voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power...
Mar 11, 2017
Test meant to screen teachers instead weeded out minorities
New York education officials are poised to scrap a test designed to measure the reading and writing skills of people trying to become teachers, in part because an outsized percentage of black and Hisp...
Mar 11, 2017
Missouri kayaker begins world record attempt in Michigan
PORT HURON, Mich. - An experienced kayaker who’s trying set the world record for the most miles paddled by a woman in one year set off from a Lake Huron beach in Michigan. Traci Lynn Martin bega...
Mar 11, 2017
Nissan recalls more than 54,000 cars, cites air bag problem
NEW YORK - Nissan is recalling more than 54,000 cars because of curtain and seat-mounted air bags that may unexpectedly deploy when the door is slammed. Nissan North America says the recall affects th...
Mar 11, 2017
Ex-Trump adviser swaps messages with DNC hacking suspect
WASHINGTON - A political consultant and former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump says he communicated last year with an individual involved in hacking Democratic National Committee emails. Bu...
Mar 11, 2017
Eskimo village aims to serve up reindeer meat far and wide
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A remote Eskimo village on a tundra-covered island in western Alaska is hoping to counter its steep unemployment rate and achieve greater self-sufficiency through one of its few re...
Mar 11, 2017
