Category Archives: World
Senator: Army Corps told to approve Dakota pipeline easement
BISMARCK, N.D. - The acting secretary of the Army has ordered the Army Corps of Engineers to allow construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under a Missouri River reservoir, a North Dakota senator s...
Jan 31, 2017
Congressional leaders at White House for Supreme Court pick
WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders, White House staff and President Donald Trump’s family members are gathering in the East Room for his Supreme Court announcement. The event has drawn top congr...
Jan 31, 2017
Trump to Senate: Scrap rules if needed to confirm Gorsuch
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump urged the Senate’s Republican leader on Wednesday to resort to the “nuclear option” of scrapping longstanding chamber rules if needed to confirm S...
Jan 31, 2017
Romania's govt decriminalizes official misconduct
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania’s government adopted an emergency ordinance late Tuesday to decriminalize official misconduct, dealing a blow to a yearslong drive to curb corruption in the eastern ...
Jan 31, 2017
4 hurt in helicopter crash during training at Fort Campbell
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Fort Campbell says four soldiers have been injured after a helicopter crashed and caught fire at the Army post. A post statement said the crash occurred shortly after 11 a.m. Tues...
Jan 31, 2017
Report: Military did not distort intelligence reports on IS
WASHINGTON - A Defence Department review delivered to Congress on Tuesday concludes that senior leaders at the U.S. Central Command did not exaggerate the progress the U.S. was making in fighting Isla...
Jan 31, 2017
Hormel stops taking pigs from farm shown in undercover video
OKLAHOMA CITY - Hormel Foods Corp. said Tuesday it has stopped accepting hogs from a pork supplier in Oklahoma after an animal rights group released undercover video from a farm the supplier owns show...
Jan 31, 2017
Radio stations in several states hacked with anti-Trump rap
SALEM, S.C. - Radio stations in South Carolina and several other states say their signals were hacked and interrupted by an anti-Donald Trump rap song that contained obscene language. Multiple media o...
Jan 31, 2017
Lawsuit: Depp $2M monthly spending to blame for money woes
LOS ANGELES - Johnny Depp’s former business managers countersued the actor on Tuesday claiming his lavish lifestyle that cost more than $2 million a month to maintain caused his recent financial...
Jan 31, 2017
Union-backed Ronald Vitiello named to lead Border Patrol
SAN DIEGO - A career Border Patrol official who was backed by the agents’ union was named Tuesday as chief of the agency, less than a week after his predecessor resigned under pressure. U.S. Cus...
Jan 31, 2017
