Category Archives: World
Officer convicted of murder in slaying of Laquan McDonald
CHICAGO - A white Chicago officer was convicted of second-degree murder Friday in the 2014 shooting of a black teenager that was captured on shocking dashcam video that showed him crumpling to the gro...
Oct 05, 2018
With rights under threat, Brazil's indigenous run for office
SAO PAULO - The number of indigenous Brazilians running for office has surged this year at a time when many feel their cultures and lands are more threatened than they have been in decades. At least 1...
Oct 05, 2018
Oregon vineyards face losses amid concerns about smoke taint
SALEM, Ore. - Some Oregon lawmakers and winery owners scrambled Thursday to help a dozen vineyard owners who face the prospect of tons of grapes withering on the vine after a California company abrupt...
Oct 05, 2018
Tesla's autopilot is better than you, statistically
NEW YORK - When it’s machine versus man, it’s more likely you’ll be exchanging insurance information with man, according to data released by the electric-car maker Tesla. In the firs...
Oct 05, 2018
Correction: Financial Markets story
NEW YORK - In a story Oct. 5 about the financial markets, The Associated Press misidentified Katie Nixon of Northern Trust Wealth Management. She is chief investment officer, not chief investment stra...
Oct 05, 2018
Mormon no more: Tabernacle Choir renamed in big church shift
SALT LAKE CITY - The world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir will be singing the same tune but under a new name. The choir was renamed Friday to strip out the word Mormon in a move aimed at ending shorth...
Oct 05, 2018
Players' union, rights activists urge IOC to shelve charter
GENEVA - A coalition of athletes, their global trade union, and human rights activists want the IOC to postpone an athlete charter due to be adopted next week. The Olympic body’s Athletes’...
Oct 05, 2018
US unemployment falls to 3.7 per cent - lowest since 1969
WASHINGTON - The U.S. unemployment rate fell in September to 3.7 per cent, the lowest since 1969, when young men were being drafted to fight in Vietnam and the American auto industry and the space pro...
Oct 05, 2018
Florida store owner: Don't warm urine in my microwave
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A Florida gas station owner has placed a sign in his store asking customers not to warm urine in the microwave. Parul Patel says he’s become “sick and tired” of ...
Oct 05, 2018
Kavanaugh sworn to high court after rancorous confirmation
WASHINGTON - Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday night as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual misconduct and judicial temperament that shattered the Sen...
Oct 05, 2018