Category Archives: World
2 women tell paper Trump touched them inappropriately
WASHINGTON - Two women tell The New York Times that Donald Trump touched them inappropriately - groping a woman in one instance and kissing a woman in another - during separate encounters that took pl...
Oct 12, 2016
Janet Jackson confirms pregnancy at age 50
NEW YORK - Janet Jackson has confirmed she’s pregnant at 50. The star showed off her baby bump in a photo Wednesday, smiling in a white dress and cradling her belly. She told People, “We t...
Oct 12, 2016
US declines prosecution of government worker in mine spill
DENVER - U.S. prosecutors have declined to pursue criminal charges against an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency over a massive mine wastewater spill that fouled rivers in three states, a...
Oct 12, 2016
MGM says: We own 'Apprentice,' can't easily release tapes
SAN FRANCISCO - With public clamour growing for the release of footage from Donald Trump’s reign on “The Apprentice,” entertainment giant MGM said Wednesday that it owns the reality ...
Oct 12, 2016
Comic character Wonder Woman to be named UN ambassador
The United Nations will name the comic book character Wonder Woman as its new Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Woman and Girls. The U.N. said in a statement Wednesday that Wonder Woman will ...
Oct 12, 2016
Cell death deprives German authorities of key source on IS
BERLIN - Relief about the capture of a young Syrian suspected of preparing a bomb attack in Germany this week gave way to frustration after he strangled himself in his jail cell, dashing authorities&#...
Oct 12, 2016
Transgender robber who wanted back in prison gets 6 years
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - A transgender woman who robbed a bank in an attempt to be sent back to prison expressed a change in heart, and a sympathetic judge sentenced her Wednesday to six years in a federal wo...
Oct 12, 2016
Federal report cites bias by San Francisco police
San Francisco police use force against blacks more often than other racial groups and pull over African American drivers at a disproportionately high rate, according to a U.S. Department of Justice re...
Oct 12, 2016
California man pleads not guilty to murder of police
INDIO, Calif. - A California gang member pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder charges in the killing of two Palm Springs police officers in what authorities called an ambush during a domestic dispute...
Oct 12, 2016
Fed saw no-hike decision in September as 'close call'
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials last month kept a key interest rate unchanged but saw the decision as a “close call.” Many believed that the case for a rate hike had strengthened in...
Oct 12, 2016
