Category Archives: World
Obama administration to phase out some private prison use
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration announced Thursday it will phase out its use of some private prisons, affecting thousands of federal inmates and immediately sending shares of the two publicly tr...
Aug 18, 2016
Gawker to shut down next week
NEW YORK - Gawker is going to shut down. A Gawker report Thursday said that Nick Denton, Gawker’s founder, told staffers that Gawker.com was ending on Thursday afternoon. Univision, the Spanish-...
Aug 18, 2016
Judge to Ex-NFL star: Can't ignore the damage you inflicted
NEW ORLEANS - Former NFL star Darren Sharper was sentenced Thursday to more than 18 years in prison for drugging women in order to rape them - double the sentence recommended by prosecutors. One of Sh...
Aug 18, 2016
NewsAlert: Gawker to shut down next week after nearly 14 years less than 3 months after declaring bankruptcy
NEW YORK - Gawker to shut down next week after nearly 14 years less than 3 months after declaring bankruptcy. More coming. The Associated Press
Aug 18, 2016
North Dakota pipeline construction halted until court date
BISMARCK, N.D. - Developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline have agreed to halt construction near an American Indian reservation in southern North Dakota until a federal court hearing next ...
Aug 18, 2016
Pilot out of hospital after fighter jet crashed near Vegas
LAS VEGAS - A veteran pilot has been released from the hospital after he was hurt when a fighter jet went down after completing an exercise with a military weapons school at an Air Force base near Las...
Aug 18, 2016
Governor's attorney general pick is Kane's ex-chief deputy
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday nominated Kathleen Kane’s former top deputy to step in as attorney general for the remaining months of her term on the heels of her conviction and res...
Aug 18, 2016
Lawsuit: Beale Street cover charge is double taxation
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A merchant has filed a lawsuit against the city of Memphis over a $10 cover charge to enter Beale Street. The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/2bfO9ep ) reports that Lucille Catron fi...
Aug 18, 2016
US rapper charged with sexual abuse in Austria posts bail
VIENNA - An Austrian legal official says that U.S. rapper Freddie Gibbs has posted bail and been released from custody after being charged with sexual abuse. He and a body guard have been indicted for...
Aug 18, 2016
Chicago police recommend firing of 7 cops for false reports
CHICAGO - Seven Chicago police officers should be fired for filing false reports in the fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014, the police superintendent said Thursday, in a move aim...
Aug 18, 2016
