Category Archives: World
Correction: Marijuana-Michigan-News Guide story
DETROIT - In a story Dec. 2 about Michigan legalizing recreational marijuana, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of states that have done so. Ten states have legalized recreational m...
Dec 06, 2018
US productivity up 2.3% in third quarter
WASHINGTON - U.S. productivity grew at an annual rate of 2.3% in the July-September quarter, slower than the previous quarter but still an improvement over the weak annual gains of the past decade. La...
Dec 06, 2018
Paris riots over fuel taxes dim hopes for climate fight
PARIS - The “yellow vests” in France are worrying greens around the world. The worst riots in Paris in decades were sparked by higher fuel taxes, and French President Emmanuel Macron respo...
Dec 06, 2018
Prisoner swap deal bolsters hopes of progress in Yemen talks
RIMBO, Sweden - Yemen’s warring sides agreed to a broad prisoner swap Thursday, sitting down in the same room together for the first time in years at U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Sweden aimed a...
Dec 06, 2018
Family separations at border down, but dozens still affected
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration separated 81 migrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border since the June executive order that stopped the general practice amid a crackdown on i...
Dec 06, 2018
Truck collides head-on with Illinois school bus; 2 dead
DOWNS, Ill. - A semitrailer heading the wrong way on an interstate crashed into a school bus carrying an Illinois high school girls’ basketball team, killing the truck driver and an adult on the...
Dec 06, 2018
Viola Davis says 'stop taming us' at Hollywood event
LOS ANGELES - Actress and producer Viola Davis gave a rousing speech about leadership and authenticity to a well-heeled crowd of Hollywood power players Wednesday morning at The Hollywood ReporterR...
Dec 06, 2018
Tech execs at White House field ideas for US dominance
Top executives from Google, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle and Qualcomm gathered Thursday at the White House amid strained ties between President Donald Trump’s administration and the tech industry and ...
Dec 06, 2018
US priest in Philippines arrested on charges of sex abuse
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine immigration authorities have arrested an American Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulting altar boys in a remote central town in a case one official descr...
Dec 06, 2018
Bush's presidential funeral train first in nearly 50 years
SPRING, Texas - The locomotive was painted to resemble Air Force One, but George H.W. Bush joked that if it had been around during his presidency, he may have preferred to ride the rails rather than t...
Dec 06, 2018