Category Archives: World
Making GOP history, Trump vows to protect LGBTQ community
CLEVELAND - With five letters, Donald Trump brushed off decades of Republican reluctance to voice full-throated support for gay rights - at least for a night. Trump’s call in his speech to the R...
Jul 21, 2016
The Latest: Convention's balloon drop doesn't disappoint
CLEVELAND - The Latest on the Republican National Convention (all times EDT): 11:55 p.m. The Republican convention’s closing balloon drop didn’t disappoint. Soon after Donald Trump made on...
Jul 21, 2016
Pastor leads GOP convention in chant, 'All lives matter!'
CLEVELAND - Chants of “All Lives Matter!” filled the arena at the Republican National Convention Thursday - a not-so-subtle jab at the Black Lives Matter movement that calls attention to p...
Jul 21, 2016
Chicago officer shot, suspect killed in exchange of gunfire
CHICAGO - A Chicago police officer was released from the hospital after being shot in the leg by a man who was killed when officers returned fire, police said. Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson told ...
Jul 21, 2016
The wait is over for 'Pokemon Go' fans in Japan
TOKYO - The wait is over for “Pokemon Go” fans in Japan. Players began tweeting about it as soon as it was available Friday morning, and the Pokemon Co. and the developer of the augmented ...
Jul 21, 2016
Trolls take over Comic-Con, but not the internet kind
SAN DIEGO - Trolls turned out in full force to kick off the first day of programming at Comic-Con - the ones with the wacky hair, not the ones that hurl insults on the internet. Audience members in br...
Jul 21, 2016
LAPD chief, rapper The Game team up for anti-violence PSA
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and rapper The Game appear together in a new public service announcement aimed at curbing violence across the city. The clip posted online Wednesday appeared just...
Jul 21, 2016
AP Sources: Kaine emerges as favourite in Clinton's VP search
STERLING, Va. - Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine has emerged as the leading contender to join the Democratic ticket as Hillary Clinton’s running mate, according to two Democrats, who both cautioned that ...
Jul 21, 2016
Saudi clerics: App version of Pokemon requires new ruling
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia’s senior council of clerics says it has not renewed a 2001 religious edict warning against playing Pokemon, and that the new mobile application version...
Jul 21, 2016
Oliver Stone says studios' boards led to 'Snowden' rejection
SAN DIEGO - Director Oliver Stone says every major movie studio turned down his narrative film about Edward Snowden because of censorship from their corporate leaders. Stone, who has chronicled many A...
Jul 21, 2016
