Category Archives: World
Mexico's 'King of Ranchera' records ballad backing Clinton
MEXICO CITY - Legendary Mexican singer Vicente Fernandez is lending his voice to support Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and potentially drum up Latino voters. In a video released We...
Sep 21, 2016
Fair board shuts down vendor of suspected THC-laced candies
FREDERICK, Md. - Operators of a Maryland county fair are shutting down a vendor suspected of selling candies laced with THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. Great Frederick Fair Executive Assistan...
Sep 21, 2016
Lawsuit: Transgender inmate raped at New Orleans' new jail
NEW ORLEANS - A federal lawsuit says a transgender inmate was raped by a male cellmate after being locked up last year in New Orleans’ new jail - a $150 million facility that the local sheriff s...
Sep 21, 2016
Pulse patron whispers in 911 call, "He's going to kill us"
ORLANDO, Fla. - A patron hiding inside the Pulse gay nightclub as a gunman carried out the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history whispered to a dispatcher on a 911 call, “He is going to kil...
Sep 21, 2016
Bill Clinton delivers emotional defence of charitable work
NEW YORK - Bill Clinton delivered an emotional defence of his family’s charitable foundation Wednesday, applauding contributors for having “validated hope and possibilities.” The for...
Sep 21, 2016
A look at the accounts of the Tulsa police shooting
A white Oklahoma police officer was charged with manslaughter Thursday in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man whose vehicle had broken down in the middle of the street. Prosecutors say Betty Sh...
Sep 21, 2016
Correction: Guards Charged-Beating story
ALBANY, N.Y. - In a story sent Sept. 21 about three New York prison guards facing federal charges for beating an inmate, The Associated Press erroneously reported the indictment referenced two unindic...
Sep 21, 2016
Colorado medical pot law poised to add PTSD as qualifier
DENVER - Marijuana pioneer Colorado is poised to add post-traumatic stress disorder to its medical marijuana program, joining 18 other states that consider PTSD a condition treatable by pot. A panel o...
Sep 21, 2016
Weiner faces sexting claim from girl, but he calls it a hoax
NEW YORK - Disgraced former congressman Anthony Weiner has acknowledged he communicated online with a girl who accused him of sending sexually explicit messages, but he said he’s also been the s...
Sep 21, 2016
Report questions Louisiana fish safety testing
BATON ROUGE, La. - Gulf oil spill recovery money intended for testing to ensure fish caught off Louisiana were safe for consumers instead paid for unnecessary iPads, cameras, boats and now-missing fis...
Sep 21, 2016
