Category Archives: World

US delays cleanup rule at uranium mines amid GOP criticism
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Federal officials withdrew a proposed requirement for companies to clean up groundwater at uranium mines across the U.S. and will reconsider a rule that congressional Republicans crit...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2017
Transgender man: Catholic hospital denied my hysterectomy
TRENTON, N.J. - A transgender man sued a Roman Catholic hospital on Thursday, saying it cited religion in refusing to allow his surgeon to perform a hysterectomy as part of his sex transition. Jionni ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2017

Prosecutor: Keep venue for Cosby trial, jury from outside OK
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A prosecutor says Bill Cosby’s trial should remain at a suburban Philadelphia courthouse despite the comedian’s argument there’s been widespread negative press cove...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2017
Police: Man who escaped from detention facility is captured
BOSTON - A man who climbed through razor wire to escape from a detention centre in Rhode Island, stole a car and may have tried to rob two banks was captured in Massachusetts on Thursday by a state po...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2017
Indiana mayor joins crowded field to lead national Democrats
INDIANAPOLIS - A little-known mayor from Indiana on Thursday joined a crowded field of candidates seeking to become the next head of the Democratic National Committee. South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2017

Correction: Pence Needle Exchanges story
INDIANAPOLIS - In a story Jan. 5 about an Indiana proposal that would allow local officials to establish needle exchange programs, The Associated Press, relying on outdated information on a state-run ...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2017

Will Trump's promised wall become taxpayer-funded fence?
WASHINGTON - It was the signature promise of his campaign: Donald Trump vowed to build an impenetrable, concrete wall along the southern border. And Mexico was going to pay for it. Now as he nears ina...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2017

Ex-Haiti rebel leader wanted in US arrested during talk show
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A former rebel leader who is wanted on U.S. drug charges, and was recently elected to the Haitian Senate, was arrested Thursday as he appeared on a live radio talk show. Guy Ph...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2017
Brazil's Temer calls killings of 60 inmates "an accident"
RIO DE JANEIRO - After days of silence, Brazilian President Michel Temer said on Thursday that the killing of 60 inmates in two Amazon prisons was a “dreadful accident” and that public age...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2017
After verdict, Israeli military at odds with politicians
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military, which has battled foes on all of the country’s borders, is now facing a challenge from within: nationalist politicians who are openly disagreeing with army comm...
Kayla Derkach Jan 05, 2017

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