Category Archives: World
3 farmers to plead guilty in organic grain fraud scheme
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Three farmers have agreed to plead guilty to fraudulently marketing non-organic corn and soybeans as certified organic as part of a lengthy, multi-million-dollar scheme. Documents fi...
Oct 11, 2018
Minnesota officers who killed suicidal teen won't be charged
CHASKA, Minn. - Prosecutors say they won’t charge two sheriff’s officials who fatally shot a suicidal Minnesota teenager. The Carver County Attorney’s Office said Thursday that the o...
Oct 11, 2018
Israeli court: NZ activists must pay for Lorde cancellation
JERUSALEM - An Israeli court has ordered two New Zealand women to pay over $12,000 in damages for allegedly helping persuade the pop singer Lorde to cancel a performance in Israel. The suit was filed ...
Oct 11, 2018
Michelle Obama launches Global Girls Alliance for education
WASHINGTON - Michelle Obama has launched a program to help empower girls worldwide through education. The former first lady announced the Global Girls Alliance, which aims to support more than 1,500 g...
Oct 11, 2018
Correction: Border-Abandoned Migrant Families story
PHOENIX - In a story Oct. 12 about immigrants in Arizona, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. A corrected version of the story is...
Oct 11, 2018
Social Security checks will grow in 2019 as inflation rises
WASHINGTON - Tens of millions of Social Security recipients and other retirees will get a 2.8 per cent boost in benefits next year as inflation edges higher. It’s the biggest increase most retir...
Oct 11, 2018
Russia's launch failures affect manned, unmanned spacecraft
MOSCOW - The booster rocket failure that forced an emergency landing for two astronauts headed to the International Space Station was the first launch accident for Russia’s manned-space program ...
Oct 11, 2018
Mortgage rates leap to 7-year highs; 30-year at 4.90 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates leaped this week to their highest levels in seven years amid global anxiety over rising interest rates that has gripped financial markets. Costs for would-be...
Oct 11, 2018
Washington state ends 'racially biased' death penalty
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington’s Supreme Court unanimously struck down the state’s death penalty Thursday as arbitrary and racially biased, making it the 20th state to do away with capital pu...
Oct 11, 2018
Arkansas Supreme Court upholds revised voter ID law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas’ highest court on Thursday upheld a voter ID law that is nearly identical to a restriction struck down by the court four years ago. The 5-2 decision from the Arkansa...
Oct 11, 2018