Category Archives: World
Fiat Chrysler recalls pickups; power steering can fail
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 182,000 pickup trucks worldwide to fix an electrical problem that can knock out the power steering. The recall covers Ram 1500 pickups from the 2019 mode...
Jan 25, 2019
Ohio governor delays execution, orders look at other drugs
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday delayed next month’s execution of a condemned Ohio man and ordered the prison system to look at alternative lethal injection drugs. The announcement b...
Jan 25, 2019
Asylum seekers worry new US policy will mean more waiting
TIJUANA, Mexico - Eusebio Gomez thought his arduous journey to the U.S. and monthslong wait in the border town of Tijuana, Mexico, would end when he made it to American soil. But a shift in the Trump ...
Jan 25, 2019
Pennsylvania lawmaker urged to resign over sex assault claim
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania state House Republicans on Friday stripped a member of his committee chairmanship and recommended he resign over allegations that he had sex with an incapacitated woman ...
Jan 25, 2019
Idaho looks into loud cannon fire at governor's inauguration
BOISE, Idaho - Idaho National Guard’s commanding officer says he will look into 19 startlingly loud ceremonial canon blasts that were part of Gov. Brad Little’s inauguration. The canon fir...
Jan 25, 2019
Trump donates $100,000 from salary to alcoholism research
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has donated his salary from the third-quarter of 2018 to the federal agency that researches alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. The White House says Trump dona...
Jan 25, 2019
Dam with mine waste collapses in Brazil; 7 dead, 200 missing
SAO PAULO - A dam that held back mining waste collapsed Friday in Brazil, inundating a nearby community in reddish-brown sludge, killing at least seven people and leaving scores of others missing. Par...
Jan 25, 2019
Rapper Nelly seeks dismissal of lawsuit alleging sex assault
ST. LOUIS - The rapper Nelly is asking a U.S. court to dismiss a British woman’s lawsuit that alleges he sexually assaulted her after a concert in England. The federal lawsuit was filed in Novem...
Jan 25, 2019
5 die in crash of plane, helicopter over Italian glacier
MILAN - A midair collision between a small tourist airplane and a helicopter carrying skiers to a glacier in the northwestern Italian region of Val d’Aosta killed five people Friday, Italy’...
Jan 25, 2019
Greek lawmakers ratify Macedonia name-change deal
ATHENS, Greece - Greek lawmakers ratified an agreement Friday to end a nearly three decade-long dispute over neighbouring Macedonia’s name, in a landmark vote that will see the small country ren...
Jan 25, 2019