Category Archives: World
Alumni pressure Dartmouth over handling of sex abuse claims
CONCORD, N.H. - Dartmouth College alumni have heard the allegations of misconduct in one department where professors are accused of hosting drunken parties, groping and harassing their students and, i...
Nov 29, 2018
Some California evacuation orders could be lifted next week
LOS ANGELES - Some evacuation orders could be lifted early next week for areas devastated by a Northern California wildfire, and residents should be prepared to find bones or bone fragments as they si...
Nov 29, 2018
Border agents face split-second decisions on use of force
EL PASO, Texas - U.S. Border Patrol agents near Tijuana, Mexico, faced a choice as they looked out over the chaos at a crowd of migrants that included rock-throwing men as well as barefoot children: D...
Nov 29, 2018
Senators send rebuke to Saudis, Trump over Khashoggi killing
WASHINGTON - Defying President Donald Trump, senators sent a strong signal that they want to punish Saudi Arabia for its role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. By a bipartisan 63-37 vote, ...
Nov 29, 2018
Pelosi's path back to speaker's gavel is firmly in sight
WASHINGTON - Nancy Pelosi isn’t speaker of the House just yet, but her path back to the gavel is now firmly in sight. Pelosi was overwhelmingly nominated to become House speaker in an internal D...
Nov 29, 2018
Japanese prosecutors vow to hold Ghosn as long as needed
TOKYO - Japanese prosecutors said Thursday they will detain former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn for as long as is needed to finish their investigation into suspicions of financial irregularities, as t...
Nov 29, 2018
Oprah offers rousing tribute to Mandela in S. Africa visit
JOHANNESBURG - Oprah Winfrey on Thursday delivered a rousing tribute to Nelson Mandela, a century after he was born, and urged the youth of South Africa and beyond to overcome failure and trauma on th...
Nov 29, 2018
Indonesian investigators say doomed Lion Air jet 'airworthy'
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Investigators of the Oct. 29 crash of a Lion Air flight into the Java Sea say the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft was deemed airworthy when it made its final takeoff from Jakarta. The off...
Nov 29, 2018
China halts work by team on gene-edited babies
HONG KONG - China’s government ordered a halt Thursday to work by a medical team that claimed to have helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies, as a group of leading scientists dec...
Nov 28, 2018
MillerCoors, Pabst settle lawsuit over brewing contract
MILWAUKEE - MillerCoors and Pabst Brewing Co. have settled a lawsuit in which the hipster’s brand of choice claimed the bigger brewer lied about its ability to continue brewing Pabst’s bee...
Nov 28, 2018