Category Archives: World
London imam's conviction for supporting terror is upheld
NEW YORK - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction and life prison sentence given to a London imam for supporting terrorism. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said there was overwhel...
Oct 23, 2018
US health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off
WASHINGTON - The number of U.S. drug overdose deaths has begun to level off after years of relentless increases driven by the opioid epidemic, health secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday, cautioning it...
Oct 23, 2018
Sandy Hook shooter's writings ordered released to public
HARTFORD, Conn. - Some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter’s personal belongings, including personal journals containing stories about hurting children and a spreadsheet ranking mass mur...
Oct 23, 2018
iPhone XR makes the right trade-offs for a cheaper price
NEW YORK - Apple offers you a simple trade-off with its new iPhone XR, the middlebrow cousin to the top-of-the-line iPhone XS. On one hand, the XR lacks the high-resolution screen and dual-lens camera...
Oct 23, 2018
Lawsuit filed over highway shutdown during pipeline protest
BISMARCK, N.D. - Two members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and a reservation priest are suing over a five-month shutdown of a North Dakota highway during protests against the Dakota Access oil pipe...
Oct 23, 2018
Woman sentenced for trafficking counterfeit goods worth $3M
NEWARK, N.J. - A New York City woman who admitted trafficking $3 million worth of counterfeit goods including knockoff Louis Vuitton handbags through a New Jersey port is headed to prison. Xiao Xia Zh...
Oct 23, 2018
Japan journalist freed from Syrian captivity says he's safe
TOKYO - A Japanese journalist freed after more than three years of captivity in Syria said Wednesday he is safe in neighbouring Turkey. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Japanese Embassy offici...
Oct 23, 2018
Sandra Day O'Connor announces likely Alzheimer's diagnosis
WASHINGTON - Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, announced Tuesday in a frank and personal letter that she has been diagnosed with “the beginning stages of dementia,...
Oct 23, 2018
Philip Morris woos puff-happy Japan for post-smoking era
TOKYO - Philip Morris, maker of Marlboro and other major cigarette brands, is manoeuvring to keep itself in business in a post-smoking world with an advertising blitz in puff-happy Japan and other tob...
Oct 23, 2018
EU rejects Italy's budget, raising stakes in dispute
BRUSSELS - The European Union set up a high-stakes battle with Italy, one of the bloc’s biggest economies, over who has final control over a member state’s budget after the executive Commi...
Oct 23, 2018