Category Archives: World
NBC, CBS, 'Nova' among 2017 duPont-Columbia Award winners
NEW YORK - The European migrant crisis, environmental perils and the racial divide are among the issues confronted by winners of the 2017 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards honoured for their...
Dec 14, 2016
Obama: My Brother's Keeper program is 'just the beginning'
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will be out of office when the third anniversary of the public-private initiative he started to help create educational and other opportunities for boys and young m...
Dec 14, 2016
Brexit: Year's key political term enters Oxford dictionary
LONDON - Britain has yet to leave the European Union, but the term for its departure - Brexit - has earned a place in the Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press said Thursday that the Brex...
Dec 14, 2016
Trump's choice for top diplomat is no fan of sanctions
WASHINGTON - If there’s one thing Republicans and Democrats have agreed on in foreign policy, it is the power of sanctions. But Donald Trump’s choice for secretary of state has seen things...
Dec 14, 2016
Firm cited for hazards after robotic machine kills woman
ATLANTA - Federal authorities have announced nearly two dozen safety violations issued to an auto parts manufacturer after a bride-to-be who worked at its Alabama plant was crushed to death by a robot...
Dec 14, 2016
US citizen surrenders to face cyberattack charges in NYC
NEW YORK - A U.S. citizen living in Moscow was arrested Wednesday after he flew to the United States to surrender to face charges he stole contact information for over 100 million customers of U.S. fi...
Dec 14, 2016
Obama says Hanukkah a reminder of the blessing of freedom
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says Hanukkah is a reminder that freedom is the most meaningful of all the blessings enjoyed in the U.S. Obama held a pair of Hanukkah receptions at the White House...
Dec 14, 2016
California tells Uber to stop rides in self-driving cars
SAN FRANCISCO - Hours after Uber began picking up San Francisco passengers in self-driving cars Wednesday, California regulators warned the ride-hailing company to stop immediately and get a special s...
Dec 14, 2016
CDC issues Texas city warning for pregnant women after Zika
DALLAS - Pregnant women should consider postponing travel to Brownsville, Texas, because of concerns about mosquitoes there spreading the Zika virus, federal health officials said Wednesday. The warni...
Dec 14, 2016
Separated conjoined twins meet for first time since surgery
PALO ALTO, Calif. - The conjoined California twins that were separated last week following a 17-hour marathon surgery have been reunited for the first time since the operation. Eva and Erika Sandoval ...
Dec 14, 2016
