Category Archives: World
Planned Parenthood celebrates centennial as its foes bristle
NEW YORK - Planned Parenthood’s 100th anniversary celebrations this weekend come with a sense of relief for the group that traces its roots to a time when women could not vote and contraception ...
Oct 15, 2016
Whiskey workers strike at 2 Beam distilleries in Kentucky
CLERMONT, Ky. - Bill Ball has handled multiple whiskey-making tasks in his 47 years at Jim Beam, but on Saturday he took on an unexpected role - joining colleagues on a picket line outside a Beam dist...
Oct 15, 2016
AP Explains: What the new global climate agreement means
JOHANNESBURG - Experts say cutting hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, is the fastest way to reduce global warming. The United States, the world’s second-worst polluter, is among the countries that wan...
Oct 15, 2016
Gender unescapable, in unexpected ways, at campaign's close
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton is the country’s most famous working mother. For 40 years, she’s been at the centre of countless conversations about gender and politics. Even her pantsuits ha...
Oct 15, 2016
Russia envoy: Tensions with US are probably worst since 1973
Russia’s U.N. ambassador said that tensions with the United States are probably the worst since the 1973 Mideast war. But Vitaly Churkin said Friday that Cold War relations between the Soviet Un...
Oct 15, 2016
In Trump's 'Apprentice' run, reality wasn't what it seemed
WASHINGTON - The skyline shimmers, the music pulses and Donald Trump’s helicopter swoops in for a landing. Oozing authority, the billionaire strides purposefully - in slow-motion, for added impa...
Oct 15, 2016
Connecticut school apologizes for 'Hitler' football play
GREENWICH, Conn. - The headmaster of a Connecticut high school has apologized after its football team named one of its plays “Hitler.” Chris Winters, of Greenwich High School, issued the a...
Oct 15, 2016
Trump out of Atlantic City but an issue in House race there
TRENTON, N.J. - The legacy of Donald Trump’s casino empire disappeared from Atlantic City with last week’s closing of the Trump Taj Mahal, but donations he made years ago are factoring int...
Oct 15, 2016
Jim Obergefell, same-sex marriage plaintiff, to be honoured
CINCINNATI - The lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that led to the legalization of same-sex marriage across the county is being honoured with an award given to those that better their co...
Oct 15, 2016
A look at the women making allegations against Trump
A number of women have come forward recently to say they were assaulted, groped or kissed without consent by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Several have said they were moved to go publi...
Oct 15, 2016
