Category Archives: World
Not pot: US hemp farms take root under state pilot programs
EATON, N.Y. - A lush field of cannabis growing on a secluded hilltop in central New York may look and smell like marijuana, but its myriad uses don’t include getting high. New York’s first...
Kayla Derkach Oct 2, 2016
4 students from same high school are found dead in a month
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. - The school year in one suburban New York community has started with funerals, fear and frustration. Four teenagers from Brentwood High School on Long Island have been found dead with...
Kayla Derkach Oct 2, 2016
Hope, relief for transgender military families in new policy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Like many transgender teens, Jenn Brewer faced bullying when she came out. Some classmates called her “tranny,” and a few teachers refused to address the 13-year-old by a...
Kayla Derkach Oct 2, 2016

Philippine president apologizes to Jews for Hitler remark
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologized to Jews worldwide Sunday after his remarks drawing comparisons between his bloody anti-drug war and Hitler and the Holocaust spark...
Kayla Derkach Oct 2, 2016
Queen gifts home-made altar hanging to famed Lutheran church
BERLIN - The Queen of Denmark has donated an altar hanging she embroidered to the German church considered a starting point for Martin Luther’s Reformation movement almost 500 years ago. Luther ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 2, 2016
Egyptian lawmaker's call for virginity tests draws fire
CAIRO - A women’s rights group has filed a legal complaint against an Egyptian lawmaker who called for mandatory virginity tests for women seeking university admission, the Al-Masry Al-Youm news...
Kayla Derkach Oct 2, 2016

After emerging from hideouts, Colombia's rebels now in limbo
BOGOTA - As peace talks in Colombia advanced over the past year, 7,000 rebel fighters began slowly emerging from their jungle hideouts hoping for, if not a hero’s welcome, at least an outstretch...
Kayla Derkach Oct 2, 2016
DIVIDED AMERICA: Gender equality in 2016? It's complicated
For weeks after the vote, the abuse kept coming: Venomous, sexist phone calls and emails, venting rage at the five women on Seattle’s City Council who outvoted four men to derail a sports arena ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 2, 2016
DIVIDED AMERICA: Gender equality in 2016? It's complicated
For weeks after the vote, the abuse kept coming: Venomous, sexist phone calls and emails, venting rage at the five women on Seattle’s City Council who outvoted four men to derail a sports arena ...
Kayla Derkach Oct 2, 2016

The Latest: Clinton aide says Trump embodies "rigged system"
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton (EDT): 10:35 a.m. Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager says the report on Donald Trump...
Kayla Derkach Oct 2, 2016

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