Category Archives: World
The Latest: Michigan panel OKs Great Lakes pipeline tunnel
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Latest on a Michigan panel’s consideration of a proposal to allow construction of an oil pipeline tunnel beneath the waterway linking Lakes Huron and Michigan (all tim...
Dec 19, 2018
Ex-Blackwater contractor found guilty in 2007 Iraq shooting
WASHINGTON - A former Blackwater security contractor was convicted Wednesday of murder at his third trial in the 2007 shooting of unarmed civilians in Iraq. Nicholas Slatten, 35, of Sparta, Tennessee,...
Dec 19, 2018
US cybersecurity firm: Hackers stole EU diplomatic cables
LONDON - Hackers have spent years eavesdropping on the diplomatic communications of European Union officials, a U.S. cybersecurity firm said Wednesday, an operation disrupted only after researchers di...
Dec 19, 2018
US to withdraw all American troops in Syria, official says
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration will soon withdraw all of the approximately 2,000 American troops from Syria, a U.S. official said Wednesday as President Donald Trump declared victory in the mis...
Dec 19, 2018
Illinois AG finds 500 more Catholic clergy accused of abuse
CHICAGO - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Wednesday issued a blistering report about clergy sexual abuse, saying that Catholic dioceses in Illinois has not released the names of at least 500...
Dec 19, 2018
Fed lifts rates for 4th time this year but sees fewer hikes
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the fourth time this year to reflect the U.S. economy’s continued strength but signalled that it expects to slow its r...
Dec 19, 2018
DC slaps Facebook with latest suit targeting privacy lapses
WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia has fired the latest legal salvo against Facebook with a lawsuit seeking to punish the social networking company for allowing data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica...
Dec 19, 2018
UN General Assembly endorses global migration accord
The U.N. General Assembly endorsed a sweeping accord to ensure safe and orderly migration Wednesday over opposition from five countries, including the United States and Hungary. The Global Compact for...
Dec 19, 2018
Ex-teacher's sentencing delayed in 'celebgate' hacking case
RICHMOND, Va. - Sentencing has been delayed for a former Virginia teacher who pleaded guilty in the 2014 “celebgate” scandal in which hackers obtained nude photographs and other private in...
Dec 19, 2018
Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal
LONDON - Uber pledged Wednesday to challenge a U.K. Court of Appeal decision that drivers should be classed as workers rather than self-employed employees, a verdict that has potentially wide-ranging ...
Dec 19, 2018