Category Archives: World
Another member quits body that awards Nobel literature prize
COPENHAGEN - A member of the academy that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature said Wednesday she is leaving the body, the latest person to quit amid sex abuse and financial crimes scandals at the exc...
Nov 07, 2018
Trump mocks GOP losers who kept their distance from him
WASHINGTON - Rejecting any hint of a setback, President Donald Trump on Wednesday mocked members of his own party who were defeated in the midterm elections after distancing themselves from him and su...
Nov 07, 2018
Grenade-shaped belt buckle halts trains in Madrid, Barcelona
MADRID - A hand grenade-shaped belt buckle in the suitcase of a train passenger triggered major disruptions Wednesday on rail services in Spain’s two main cities, prompting station evacuations b...
Nov 07, 2018
Trial for acclaimed theatre director opens in Russia
MOSCOW - Russia’s arguably best-known contemporary theatre and film director pleaded not guilty Wednesday as his fraud trial opened in Moscow. Kirill Serebrennikov’s midnight arrest during...
Nov 07, 2018
Ellison elected attorney general despite abuse accusation
WASHINGTON - Democratic congressman Keith Ellison was elected Minnesota attorney general on Tuesday despite an ex-girlfriend’s accusation of domestic abuse. Ellison defeated Republican Doug Ward...
Nov 06, 2018
Massachusetts backs transgender rights; Michigan OKs pot use
NEW YORK - In the first statewide referendum on transgender rights, Massachusetts voters on Tuesday beat back a repeal attempt and reaffirmed a 2016 law extending nondiscrimination protections to tran...
Nov 06, 2018
Cuban dancers return to island that once spurned them
HAVANA - As a young dancer compared with ballet legends Vaslav Nijinsky and Mikhail Baryshnikov, Rolando Sarabia made headlines around the world when he abandoned Cuba in 2005 for a career in the Unit...
Nov 06, 2018
As much of America voted, some chose not to or couldn't
ATLANTA - For some, it’s a privilege lost. Others are disillusioned by a system they say does nothing for them. Others still are turned off by the anger and divisiveness they see as ripping the ...
Nov 06, 2018
8,000 pizzas sent to hungry voters stuck in long poll lines
PHOENIX - A group sent 8,000 pizzas to hungry voters as they waited in long lines that plagued polling places across the country Tuesday. The group Pizza to the Polls collects social media reports of ...
Nov 06, 2018
Florida passes amendment to restore felons' voting rights
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Most Florida felons who have finished their sentences will be able to vote again in future elections. Voters on Tuesday approved Amendment 4, which says that most felons will autom...
Nov 06, 2018