Category Archives: World
Japan says Prime Minister Abe to meet with Trump next week
TOKYO - A Japanese official says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump next week. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told reporters Thursday that Abe and Trump...
Nov 09, 2016
Comics joke about Trump's win at environmental benefit event
NEW YORK - Protecting the Earth may not be a laughing matter, nor, for many Americans, is the outcome of the presidential race. Even so, comedians including Seth Meyers, John Oliver and George Lopez d...
Nov 09, 2016
Jury deliberations to resume in Ohio police shooting trial
CINCINNATI - Jurors are set to resume deliberations in the murder trial of a white former police officer who said he feared for his life before fatally shooting an unarmed black man during a traffic s...
Nov 09, 2016
AP Source: Brad Pitt cleared in child services investigation
LOS ANGELES - An investigation into whether Brad Pitt was abusive toward his son on a private flight in September says the case has been closed with no finding of abuse by the actor, a source familiar...
Nov 09, 2016
Angst over the economy helps Trump flip Great Lakes states
WASHINGTON - A fractured, discontented electorate handed Donald Trump the presidency, allowing him to breach a region that Democrat Hillary Clinton was banking on in her bid for the presidency. Key ba...
Nov 09, 2016
Voter support of marijuana reaches new high
LOS ANGELES - Voter support for marijuana legalization reached a new high as California, Massachusetts and Nevada approved recreational pot, joining four other states and Washington, D.C., with simila...
Nov 09, 2016
GM laying off over 2,000 at 2 car plants as sales slow
DETROIT - Shifting demand from cars to trucks and SUVS is forcing General Motors to lay off more than 2,000 workers indefinitely at two assembly plants in Ohio and Michigan starting in January. The co...
Nov 09, 2016
New Jersey takes over debt-ridden Atlantic City government
TRENTON, N.J. - Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s administration has seized power in Atlantic City, taking control of the assets and major decision-making in the struggling seaside gambling resor...
Nov 09, 2016
Celebrities express dismay, hope at Donald Trump's victory
LOS ANGELES - Donald Trump’s election stunned many, including celebrities who overwhelmingly supported Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Here’s how some of them reacted to his victory: -...
Nov 09, 2016
Stunned Mexico ponders new relationship with US
MEXICO CITY - Hours after the United States elected Donald Trump to be its next president, Mexico began carefully laying the groundwork for a relationship with a new leader who campaigned against its ...
Nov 09, 2016
