Category Archives: World
Republicans in Hispanic House districts fear Trump blowback
SAN ANTONIO - Donald Trump pinatas, with dark suits, oversized pink lips and unruly yellow manes in paper mache, are top sellers across South Texas - a potential sign of trouble for one of its Republi...
Sep 1, 2016
Kaepernick, 49ers teammate kneel during national anthem
SAN DIEGO - While a naval officer sang the first notes of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and dozens of military members unfurled an oversized flag on the football field, Colin Kaepernick and E...
Sep 1, 2016
Police investigate social media threats against LGBT people
WILTON MANORS, Fla. - Law enforcement officials are investigating threats posted on Facebook to “exterminate” LGBT people living in a predominantly gay city near Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ...
Sep 1, 2016
YouTube star PewDiePie back on Twitter after ISIS joke
LOS ANGELES - The most popular YouTuber is back on Twitter after joking that his account became unverified because he joined ISIS. Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg’s Twitter account was b...
Sep 1, 2016
In middle of Pacific, Obama pleas for protecting ecosystems
President Barack Obama plunked down on a speck of coral reef in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on Thursday and gazed out at the turquoise waters of the marine monument he’s widened to become th...
Sep 1, 2016
Mayor: Cop's tattoo 'offensive,' especially to Nazi victims
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Police Department on Thursday announced an internal review after a photograph surfaced online of an officer with a tattoo that the mayor called “incredibly offens...
Sep 1, 2016
LA airport gunman to plead guilty in TSA officer slaying
LOS ANGELES - A gunman who killed a federal airport screening officer and wounded three people in a terrifying rampage at Los Angeles International Airport three years ago agreed to plead guilty in a ...
Sep 1, 2016
State Dept. to give AP all Clinton schedules before election
WASHINGTON - The State Department agreed Thursday to turn over all the detailed planning schedules from Hillary Clinton’s time as secretary of state to The Associated Press by mid-October. It wa...
Sep 1, 2016
Lineup announced for inaugural Essence Festival Durban
NEW ORLEANS - Singers Kelly Price and Estelle will join comedian and television host Steve Harvey, civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton and fitness expert Shaun T at the inaugural Essence Festival D...
Sep 1, 2016
Officials: Turtle burned by man is an endangered tortoise
DOTHAN, Ala. - Authorities are adding a charge against an Alabama man accused of setting fire to a turtle after officials determined the reptile is an endangered tortoise. Originally charged with felo...
Sep 1, 2016
