Category Archives: World
AP FACT CHECK: No murder surge in Philly despite Trump claim
PHILADELPHIA - President Donald Trump made a misleading claim when he told Republican lawmakers Thursday that Philadelphia’s murder rate has been “terribly increasing.” Last year, th...
Jan 26, 2017
Muslims, Latinos unify over Trump's immigration, border plan
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - U.S. Muslim and Latino advocates have joined forces in opposing changes to immigration rules by President Donald Trump, bolstering their alliance as they mull the prospect of aggre...
Jan 26, 2017
Blagojevich's daughter hits Obama for not commuting sentence
CHICAGO - A daughter of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is criticizing former President Barack Obama for not granting early release to her father, who’s serving prison time for corruption. ...
Jan 26, 2017
Iowa spill is largest of diesel fuel in US since 2010
DES MOINES, Iowa - Workers were expected to complete cleaning up Thursday about 140,000 gallons of diesel fuel that spewed from a broken pipeline onto an Iowa farm, the largest U.S. diesel spill since...
Jan 26, 2017
Questions swirl after Trump admin says tax will pay for wall
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is promising Mexico will pay for his massive border wall. On Thursday, his administration finally suggested how: a 20 per cent tax on products imported from south o...
Jan 26, 2017
Wife of man tied to terror attack admits marriage sham
LOS ANGELES - The wife of a man accused of aiding the shooters in the San Bernardino terror attack pleaded guilty Thursday in an immigration fraud case and admitted that her marriage was a sham, feder...
Jan 26, 2017
Mayor: Miami-Dade jail to heed immigration detainer requests
Miami-Dade County’s mayor instructed jail officials in that South Florida community on Thursday to honour all immigration detainer requests, a day after President Donald Trump signed an executiv...
Jan 26, 2017
Trump admin pursues rethinking of national security policy
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s embrace of Guantanamo Bay as a jail for terror suspects represents a repudiation of the Obama administration’s longtime push to prosecute captured mil...
Jan 26, 2017
UN aid chief accuses Syria of blocking help to neediest
The U.N. humanitarian chief accused the Syrian government on Thursday of blocking aid to hundreds of thousands of the country’s neediest people despite a nationwide cease-fire that has given ...
Jan 26, 2017
Proposal would establish California as separate nation
LOS ANGELES - Another attempt is underway to establish California as a separate nation. Election officials announced Thursday that a proposal has been submitted to the Secretary of State’s Offic...
Jan 26, 2017
