Category Archives: World
Alaska parental notification abortion law struck down
JUNEAU, Alaska - The Alaska Supreme Court on Friday struck down a state law requiring parental notification for girls under age 18 seeking abortions, agreeing with pro-abortion rights advocates that t...
Jul 22, 2016
NewsAlert: Police say multiple dead expected in Munich mall shooting
BERLIN - Germany’s DPA news agency reports police saying “we expect multiple dead” in a shooting at a Munich mall. Munich police confirm shots have been fired at a shopping centre an...
Jul 22, 2016
Volkswagen has emissions-cheating fix ready
DETROIT - Volkswagen’s plan to fix most of its 2-litre diesel engines that cheat on emissions tests includes a computer software update and a larger catalytic converter to trap harmful nitrogen ...
Jul 22, 2016
Police: Munich suspect was obsessed with mass shootings
MUNICH - The gunman whose rampage at a Munich mall left nine people dead was a depression-plagued teenager who avidly read books and articles about mass killings and apparently tried to lure young vic...
Jul 22, 2016
Indiana court tosses woman's feticide conviction
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Court of Appeals overturned the feticide conviction of a woman found guilty of killing her premature infant by taking abortion-inducing drugs, saying Friday the state’...
Jul 22, 2016
Ex-KKK leader David Duke runs for Senate: 'My time has come'
BATON ROUGE, La. - Declaring “the climate of this country has moved in my direction,” white supremacist David Duke registered Friday for Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race, saying he was p...
Jul 22, 2016
Snowden has been cleared to appear at a theatre near you
LOS ANGELES - NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden will be live-streamed from his exile in Moscow in theatres nationwide following a special screening of the Oliver Stone film “Snowden” on Sep...
Jul 22, 2016
Kansas court upholds death sentence for sheriff's killing
TOPEKA, Kan. - The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld the death sentence imposed against a man who fatally shot a sheriff during a 2005 drug raid. Kansas hasn’t executed anyone in more than 5...
Jul 22, 2016
18 states see significant job gains, but unemployment rises
WASHINGTON - Unemployment rates ticked up noticeably in six states in June, even as employers continued to add jobs and the hiring outlook improved. The Labor Department says the unemployment rate in ...
Jul 22, 2016
Astronaut John Glenn's historic flight plan sold for $67K
COLUMBUS, Ohio - In-flight instructions used by astronaut John Glenn during his historic 1962 Mercury spaceflight have been sold at auction. Nate D. Sanders Auctions says the instructions used by Glen...
Jul 22, 2016
