Category Archives: World
Tumult at GOP convention over effort to stop Trump
CLEVELAND - Republicans cast Donald Trump as the right man for turbulent times as they opened their presidential convention Monday against a backdrop of unsettling summer violence and deep discontent ...
Jul 18, 2016
AP Exclusive: Confidential text eases Iran nuke constraints
VIENNA - Key restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program imposed under an internationally negotiated deal will start to ease years before the 15-year accord expires, advancing Tehran’s ability ...
Jul 18, 2016
French authorities paint complex picture of attacker
PARIS - Authorities investigating the truck driver who killed 84 people in a Bastille Day attack painted a complex picture Monday of a man who did not seem devout but had recently become interested in...
Jul 18, 2016
Foreign ownership of US debt slips again in May
WASHINGTON - Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury securities fell for the second straight month in May. The Treasury Department said Monday that total foreign holdings dropped 0.5 per cent to $6.21 trill...
Jul 18, 2016
Police: Gunman who killed 3 was 'seeking out' officers
BATON ROUGE, La. - A former Marine dressed in black and carrying extra ammunition set out to ambush police in Baton Rouge, authorities said Monday, a day after three law enforcement officers were kill...
Jul 18, 2016
Tensions with West rise as Turkey continues purge
ANKARA, Turkey - The purging of thousands of alleged plotters of a failed coup raised tensions Monday between Turkey and the West, with U.S. and European officials urging restraint, while Ankara insis...
Jul 18, 2016
Twitter lights up with 95th birthday wishes for John Glenn
COLUMBUS, Ohio - John Glenn is being showered with birthday recognition. The first American to orbit the Earth was trending on Twitter on Monday as he turned 95. The NASA Glenn Research Center in Clev...
Jul 18, 2016
Former Cardinals exec sentenced to prison for hacking Astros
HOUSTON - A federal judge sentenced the former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals to nearly four years in prison Monday for hacking the Houston Astros’ player personnel database and em...
Jul 18, 2016
Trump convention speech will borrow from Nixon, in a year likened to '68
CLEVELAND - When Donald Trump strides to the stage Thursday night to accept the presidential nomination of Abraham Lincoln’s political party, his address will borrow heavily from a more recent s...
Jul 18, 2016
Judge tosses parts of Cosby's lawsuit over secrecy promises
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge has pared back a lawsuit in which Bill Cosby claims a woman accusing him of sexual assault, her mother, two lawyers and the publisher of the National Enquirer violated a...
Jul 18, 2016
