Category Archives: World
Former congressman Mike Pompeo sworn in as CIA director
WASHINGTON - Mike Pompeo was sworn in Monday night as director of the CIA at a crucial time for U.S. national security as intelligence - traditionally a nonpartisan issue - has been thrust into the po...
Jan 23, 2017
Report: Police violated open-records law in bodycam case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky State Police violated the state’s open-records law by refusing a mother’s request for bodycam video from her son’s death by municipal police officers who w...
Jan 23, 2017
Bush ready to leave intensive care; wife Barbara goes home
HOUSTON - Former President George H.W. Bush is still suffering from pneumonia, but is well enough to leave the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital, doctors said Monday. His wife, Barbara, has be...
Jan 23, 2017
Bereaved parents visit California creek where teen trapped
FREMONT, Calif. - A distraught mother clutched her head, and family members wept as they stared into the surging waters where an 18-year-old woman’s car is believed to be trapped with her still ...
Jan 23, 2017
At least 4 reported dead in California storms
LOS ANGELES - Sunshine and rainbows alternated with thunderclaps, downpours, snow and hail on Monday as the last in a trio of storms broke up over California after flooding roads and homes and trappin...
Jan 23, 2017
7 people buried in the wrong graves at veterans' cemetery
WARWICK, R.I. - Seven people were buried in the wrong graves at a veterans’ cemetery because grave markers in one row were off by a burial plot. Veterans Affairs Director Kasim Yarn apologized o...
Jan 23, 2017
Judge postpones sentencing of PG&E in case tied to blast
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge said Monday he is inclined to require Pacific Gas & Electric Co. to mention its convictions in ads and have employees do thousands of hours of community service as ...
Jan 23, 2017
Minnesota Gov. Dayton, 69, collapses during speech
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gov. Mark Dayton collapsed while delivering his State of the State speech on Monday, striking his head on a lectern. The 69-year-old Democrat appeared to be conscious as he was helpe...
Jan 23, 2017
US health officials cancel climate conference; don't say why
NEW YORK - The government’s top public health agency has cancelled a conference next month on climate change and health but isn’t saying why publicly. But a co-sponsor said he was told by ...
Jan 23, 2017
Gospel singer Vicki Yohe apologizes for Trump posting
NASHVILLE - A gospel singer is apologizing to her fans after posting an image on her social media account suggesting that Jesus was returning to the White House under President Donald Trump. Vicki Yoh...
Jan 23, 2017
