Category Archives: World
Smoke 'em if ya got 'em, as legalized marijuana takes hold
PORTLAND, Maine - It’s a green Monday in Maine. The first tangible results of state voters’ decision to legalize marijuana are being felt as possession and home growth of marijuana becomes...
Jan 30, 2017
Malaysia searching for 5 after tour boat sinks; 3 detained
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian authorities expanded the search for four Chinese tourists and a crew member still missing at sea Monday two days after their boat sank off Borneo island. Police deta...
Jan 30, 2017
Myanmar ruling party mourns assassination of Suu Kyi adviser
YANGON, Myanmar - Thousands of Myanmar politicians, activists and others shocked by the assassination of a longtime adviser to leader Aung San Suu Kyi gathered Monday at a cemetery for an emotional fu...
Jan 30, 2017
Trump's justice pick to trigger intense pressure on Senate
WASHINGTON - When President Donald Trump nominates a Supreme Court justice, Senate Democrats and Republicans will immediately face intense political pressure, with liberals demanding that Democrats bl...
Jan 30, 2017
Google launches fund that could donate $4M to ACLU, others
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google has created a crisis fund that could raise up to $4 million for four immigrant rights organizations. Google has confirmed a USA Today report that it is funding an initia...
Jan 30, 2017
From Ukraine with love: Postcards pay tribute to war dead
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Most postcards carry a simple sentiment: Wish you were here. But the cards Anastasia Taylor-Lind and Alisa Sopova are mailing randomly to people around the globe convey a haunting m...
Jan 30, 2017
Storms preview sea-rise damage to California roads, cities
SAN FRANCISCO - Ocean rise already is worsening the floods and high tides sweeping California this stormy winter, climate experts say, and this month’s damage and deaths highlight that even a st...
Jan 30, 2017
Hugo Chavez returns to life in TV show criticized by allies
BOGOTA - The revolution will now be televised. The life of Hugo Chavez, who mesmerized Venezuela’s impoverished masses before dying of cancer in 2013, is being dramatized in a Spanish-language T...
Jan 30, 2017
US consumer spending up 0.5 per cent in December
WASHINGTON - Consumers boosted spending in December at the fastest pace in three months, giving the economy some momentum going into 2017. The Commerce Department says consumer spending advanced 0.5 p...
Jan 30, 2017
The Latest: Police now say just 1 suspect in mosque attack
QUEBEC - The Latest on the deadly shooting at a Quebec City mosque (all times local): 12:25 p.m. Quebec police now say just one of the individuals arrested in connection with Canadian mosque attack is...
Jan 30, 2017
