Category Archives: World
ACLU sues Kansas over voting rule for state, local races
WICHITA, Kan. - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block a Kansas election rule that could throw out thousands of votes in state and local races by peop...
Jul 19, 2016
Murder case dismissed against Detroit man who served 8 years
DETROIT - A judge reluctantly dismissed all charges Tuesday and closed a murder case against a young Detroit man who went to prison as a teen for four slayings that were eventually linked to a profess...
Jul 19, 2016
Lawsuits: VW employees tried to cover up emissions cheating
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York, Massachusetts and Maryland are suing Volkswagen and its affiliates Audi and Porsche over diesel emissions cheating, accusing the German automakers of defrauding customers, mis...
Jul 19, 2016
The Latest: Erdogan supporters rally for 5th straight day
ISTANBUL - The Latest on the attempted military coup in Turkey (all times local): 10:50 p.m. Several hundred supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have gathered in Istanbul for the fift...
Jul 19, 2016
Russian Jewish group OK with "Pokemon Go"
MOSCOW - The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia says it does not mind people playing the hit smartphone game “Pokemon Go” around synagogues and other cultural buildings. The Jewish...
Jul 19, 2016
Activists to Bosnian Pokemon Go users: beware of mine fields
SARAJEVO, Bosnia - A non-governmental organization in Bosnia says it has heard of people wandering into mine fields while playing Pokemon Go, and is urging them to pay more attention before someone ge...
Jul 19, 2016
Ivanka Trump praises outspoken father's record with women
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s oldest daughter defended his record with women Tuesday, saying the presumptive Republican nominee believes deeply in gender equality, while acknowledging that her fat...
Jul 19, 2016
Republican platform tacks right on social issues
CLEVELAND - The Republican Party has adopted what Christian conservatives cheered as the most conservative party platform ever, pushing the GOP decidedly to the right on abortion and gay rights amid u...
Jul 19, 2016
Poll: US-Mexico border residents feel ignored, oppose wall
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Residents along the U.S.-Mexico border are feeling ignored in the midst of a U.S. presidential election in which immigration, border security and a proposed wall are being hotly de...
Jul 19, 2016
Group: Half of Syrian refugee kids in Lebanon not in school
SAADNAYEL, Lebanon - Syrian refugee Saddam al-Khleif hates going to school and spends most of his days either watching TV or playing outside the tent in the eastern Lebanese town of Saadnayel where he...
Jul 19, 2016
