Category Archives: World
EU leaders lash Russia over Syria but split on sanctions
BRUSSELS - European Union leaders pledged early Friday to keep all options open to respond to any atrocities committed by President Bashar Assad’s regime and his Russian backers in Syria but sto...
Oct 20, 2016
For first lady, Trump is he who shall remain nameless
PHOENIX - First lady Michelle Obama has emerged as perhaps the most effective Donald Trump critic in the Democrats’ lineup, and she’s done it without ever uttering two key words: Donald Tr...
Oct 20, 2016
Venezuela suspends recall campaign against President Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela’s electoral authority suspended a recall drive against President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday less than a week before it was set to start, throwing the opposition...
Oct 20, 2016
NFL reopens Brown investigation, Brown not going to London
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Josh Brown’s future with the New York Giants and possibly the NFL is in jeopardy after police released journal entries and emails in which the place-kicker admitted that ...
Oct 20, 2016
US confirms 11th death due to Takata air bags
DETROIT - A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.’s defective air bag inflators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Admin...
Oct 20, 2016
Louisiana attorney general challenges LGBT-rights order
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana’s Republican attorney general asked a judge Thursday to block the Democratic governor’s order banning discrimination in state government against LGBT people, i...
Oct 20, 2016
Donors pour record $458 million into California initiatives
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Political donors have spent a record $458 million on 17 statewide November ballot initiatives in California, beating the state’s own record for the most spent on proposition...
Oct 20, 2016
DIVIDED AMERICA: Seeing options shrinking, white men ask why
DALLAS - The voices cascade into the studio, denouncing political hypocrisy and media bias and disappearing values. Hillary Clinton is a liar and a crook, they say; Donald Trump is presidential and su...
Oct 20, 2016
Final debate is third most-watched presidential match ever
NEW YORK - The final faceoff between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump reached 71.6 million television viewers, meaning two of the three most-watched presidential debates in history occurred during thi...
Oct 20, 2016
Watchdog: EPA delayed for 7 months in Flint water crisis
WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency had sufficient authority and information to issue an emergency order to protect residents of Flint, Michigan, from lead-contaminated water as early as ...
Oct 20, 2016
