Category Archives: World
Federal judge gets update on Ferguson's progress
ST. LOUIS - One day after Ferguson residents heard an update on racial reform efforts in their community, a federal judge got an update of her own. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry held a hearing T...
Dec 05, 2016
2 doors of Wal-Mart founder's first store donated to museums
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Two doors from the first store owned by Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton have been donated to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington and The Walmart M...
Dec 05, 2016
Jessica Williams, Cate Blanchett star in Sundance premieres
LOS ANGELES - Former “Daily Show” correspondent Jessica Williams flexes her dramatic chops, Cate Blanchett pays homage to great 20th century artists and “Silicon Valley” star K...
Dec 05, 2016
Colombians protest over rape, killing of 7-year-old girl
BOGOTA - Hundreds of angry Colombians are taking to the streets to protest the kidnapping and rape of a 7-year-old girl found strangled in an upper-class Bogota apartment. Police said Monday that secu...
Dec 05, 2016
Immigrant students seek place in mainstream high schools
PHILADELPHIA - A U.S. appeals court must decide if older immigrant and refugee students steered to an alternative high school in Pennsylvania are getting a meaningful education or are simply being pas...
Dec 05, 2016
Rolling Stone challenges verdict in UVa defamation case
RICHMOND, Va. - Rolling Stone magazine urged a federal judge on Monday to overturn the verdict of a jury, which found that the publication and a reporter defamed a University of Virginia administrator...
Dec 05, 2016
The Latest: Officials release names of 10 more fire victims
OAKLAND, Calif. - The Latest on a deadly fire in an Oakland warehouse (all times local): ___ 10:30 p.m. More victims from the deadly fire have been identified. The Alameda County Coroner’s Burea...
Dec 05, 2016
Defendant in recovery doesn't halt 9-11 case at Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A U.S. military judge turned down a request Monday to halt the latest round of Sept. 11 war crimes proceedings at Guantanamo Bay while one of five defendants recovers...
Dec 05, 2016
Obama legacy: Handing Trump a broad view of war powers
WASHINGTON - After eight years as a wartime president, Barack Obama is handing his successor an expansive interpretation of the commander in chief’s authority to wage war around the globe. And t...
Dec 05, 2016
Chile court OK's extradition in 1976 car bombing in US
SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that the government can file an extradition request to the United States for two former secret police agents wanted for a 1976 car bombing in...
Dec 05, 2016
