Category Archives: World
Trump's campaign mode revives fiery immigration talk
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Donald Trump fueled his 2016 campaign with fiery immigration rhetoric, visions of hordes flowing across the border to assault Americans and steal their jobs. Now, in the final week...
Oct 19, 2018
Martin Scorsese, Africa's flying doctors win awards in Spain
MADRID - American film director Martin Scorsese and Africa’s flying doctors are among scientists, mountaineers and intellectuals who received Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias award...
Oct 19, 2018
Russian woman charged in first 2018 election meddling case
WASHINGTON - The U.S. accused a Russian woman on Friday of helping oversee the finances of a sweeping, secretive effort to sway American public opinion through social media in the first federal case a...
Oct 19, 2018
Britney Spears returns to Vegas with new residency in 2019
LAS VEGAS - Britney Spears will return to Las Vegas with a new residency next year. MGM Resorts International on Friday said the pop superstar in February will kick off a series of regularly scheduled...
Oct 19, 2018
USC agrees to pay $215M to settle doctor sex abuse claims
LOS ANGELES - The University of Southern California said Friday that it would pay $215 million to settle claims of sexual abuse and harassment by a school gynecologist, but lawyers for hundreds of the...
Oct 19, 2018
What's at stake if investors begin to shun Saudi Arabia
FRANKFURT - The disappearance of a Saudi journalist last seen entering the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul has shaken confidence in the country as a place to do business, with potential conseque...
Oct 19, 2018
Sales are brisk as Mega Millions jackpot hits $1.6 billion
SAN DIEGO - The Mega Millions lottery may see a streak of jackpot rollovers end as it heads toward a record $1.6 billion drawing on Tuesday. As more tickets sell, chances grow that at least one buyer ...
Oct 19, 2018
PAC won't end ad saying black men will face rape accusations
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A political action committee said Friday that it won’t pull radio ads in hotly contested races in Arkansas and Missouri that suggest African American men will face rape accus...
Oct 19, 2018
Train mows down crowd at India festival, at least 58 dead
NEW DELHI - A speeding train ran over a crowd watching fireworks during a religious festival in northern India on Friday, killing at least 58 people and injuring dozens more, police said. The train fa...
Oct 19, 2018
Ex-Interpol leader's wife: "Everybody in China is at risk"
LYON, France - The wife of the former Interpol president who is being detained in China on bribery charges says she’s been contacted by Chinese diplomats, who have told her they’re holding...
Oct 19, 2018