Category Archives: World
Violence, confusion surround Afghan parliamentary elections
KABUL - Afghanistan’s first parliamentary elections in eight years suffered from violence and chaos Saturday, with a multitude of attacks killing at least 36 people, key election workers failing...
Oct 20, 2018
Girl dies after court allows more time on life support
FORT WORTH, Texas - A 9-year-old Texas girl at the centre of a three-week court battle with a hospital to keep her on life support has died hours after an appeals court allowed her parents more time t...
Oct 19, 2018
Actor Bruce Dern hospitalized after fall while jogging
LOS ANGELES - Actor Bruce Dern has been hospitalized after a fall during his daily jog in Los Angeles. A representative for the 82-year-old Dern says he is still undergoing treatment at a local hospit...
Oct 19, 2018
Silenced forever: Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi is dead
BEIRUT - Two days after Jamal Khashoggi vanished into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, The Washington Post published a column featuring his byline and the headline “A missing voice.” The s...
Oct 19, 2018
Alaska's independent governor drops re-election bid
JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Bill Walker dropped his re-election bid Friday, three days after the sudden resignation of his lieutenant governor over what Walker described as an inappropriate overture ...
Oct 19, 2018
Hackers breach HealthCare.gov system, get data on 75,000
WASHINGTON - A government computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov was hacked earlier this month, compromising the sensitive personal data of some 75,000 people, officials said Friday. The C...
Oct 19, 2018
New tax break rules for 'opportunity zone' investors
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is proposing rules for investors in a new program that it says could have a big impact on economically depressed areas around the country. About 8,700 so-called &...
Oct 19, 2018
Return to sender: Postal union warns of fallout if US leaves
GENEVA - No international letters, no international packages: A top official with a 192-country postal union says that’s what Americans can expect if the Trump administration goes through with p...
Oct 19, 2018
California rolling forward with pot delivery regulations
LOS ANGELES - California moved a step closer Friday to allowing marijuana deliveries in communities that have banned retail sales of the drug as regulators rebuffed cities and police chiefs who are op...
Oct 19, 2018
CEO of mining company tears into analysts during rant
The CEO of a mining company exploded at Wall Street analysts on Friday, saying they don’t know how to read financial reports and should quit their jobs. “You guys should resign for your la...
Oct 19, 2018