Category Archives: World
US musician makes mics in Russia using Kalashnikov machinery
TULA, Russia - Claims of hacking by the Russian state may be feeding international tensions, but they’ve given Californian musician David Brown a great icebreaker when selling his line of Russia...
Feb 23, 2017
INFLUENCE GAME: GM bill is self-driving and self-interested
WASHINGTON - With states seizing the initiative on shaping the future of self-driving cars, General Motors is trying to persuade lawmakers across the country to approve rules that would benefit the au...
Feb 23, 2017
Romania's huge protests cause rifts among families, friends
BUCHAREST, Romania - Video editor Mihnea Lupan lives just around the corner from his mother, but their views on the massive anti-corruption protests shaking Romania are miles apart. Since late January...
Feb 23, 2017
South African centre gives hope to abandoned kids
JOHANNESBURG - Outside an old house in a battered Johannesburg neighbourhood, a hatch door slams shut and an alarm signals the arrival of an abandoned baby. A new infant is joining the ranks of toddle...
Feb 23, 2017
Documents: After shooting, Roof went toward 2nd black church
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Because he had to leave his day job late, the pastor of a South Carolina church cancelled his weekly Bible study class. That move may have averted a second round of deadly shootings a...
Feb 23, 2017
Chicago schools take a stand on immigration enforcement
CHICAGO - As educators around the United States wonder whether a crackdown on immigrants will reach their schoolhouse doors, principals in Chicago have been given a simple order: Do not let federal im...
Feb 23, 2017
With electricity out, new EPA chief reached out to lobbyist
WASHINGTON - When a summer thunderstorm knocked out power to Scott Pruitt’s home three years ago, the then-attorney general of Oklahoma reached out to a lobbyist for American Electric Power. Pru...
Feb 23, 2017
Harrison drops out of DNC race, backs Perez
ATLANTA - South Carolina Democratic Party chair Jaime Harrison is exiting the race for Democratic National Committee chairman and throwing his support to Tom Perez, solidifying the former Labor Secret...
Feb 23, 2017
AP Analysis: Damage control N. Korea style: Deny and attack
TOKYO - Faced with the killing of its leader’s half brother in what appears to have all the trappings of a politically motivated hit, North Korea is turning up the volume on a familiar defence: ...
Feb 23, 2017
AP Analysis: Why Venezuelans have lost hope life will change
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela is so short on food that tens of thousands are going hungry or even starving. Its murder rate is among the highest in the world. Its economy is so crippled that the aver...
Feb 23, 2017
