Category Archives: World
Early voting: More good signs for Clinton in key states
WASHINGTON - The millions of votes that have been cast already in the U.S. presidential election point to an advantage for Hillary Clinton in critical battleground states, as well as signs of strength...
Oct 27, 2016
Rapper Kevin Gates gets 180 days in jail for kicking fan
BARTOW, Fla. - Rapper Kevin Gates has been sentenced to 180 days in jail after being convicted of kicking a female fan at a Florida concert last year. News outlets report a Polk County jury found Gate...
Oct 27, 2016
Policy Prescriptions Trump and Clinton on global trade
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump wants to blow up the way the United States does business with the rest of the world. Hillary Clinton repudiates an ambitious Asia-Pacific trade deal she once praised and vows...
Oct 27, 2016
AP-GfK Poll: Clinton advantage fueled by growing enthusiasm
NEW YORK - Hillary Clinton appears on the cusp of a potentially commanding victory over Donald Trump, fueled by solid Democratic turnout in early voting, massive operational advantages and increasing ...
Oct 27, 2016
Abu Sayyaf got $7.3 million from kidnappings
MANILA, Philippines - Abu Sayyaf pocketed at least 353 million pesos ($7.3 million) from ransom kidnappings in the first six months of the year and have turned to abductions of foreign tugboat crewmen...
Oct 27, 2016
At Trump hotel in Washington, alternate reality: All is well
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump may be spending most of his days inside the frantic hurricane of the presidential campaign, but inside his new hotel in Washington, calm and luxury prevail. Staff members off...
Oct 26, 2016
US abstains in UN vote on Cuba embargo for the first time
The United States abstained for the first time in 25 years Wednesday on a U.N. resolution condemning America’s economic embargo against Cuba, a measure it had always vehemently opposed. The U.S....
Oct 26, 2016
Pilot: Waves, darkness hindered search for Chinese sailor
KAPOLEI, Hawaii - Waves, wind and darkness hampered the ocean search off Hawaii for a Chinese man reported missing while attempting to set a sailing record, the U.S. Coast Guard pilot who was the miss...
Oct 26, 2016
Sept. 12 newspaper page signed by 5 presidents nets $11,000
NEW YORK - A front page of The New York Times from Sept. 12, 2001, showing the burning World Trade Center and autographed by five U.S. presidents sold for $11,000 on Wednesday at an auction of preside...
Oct 26, 2016
'Pastry gun' case involving Maryland student settled
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - An official says the family of a then 7-year-old who was suspended from school from nibbling his breakfast pastry into the shape of a gun has reached a settlement with the school depa...
Oct 26, 2016
