Category Archives: World
California reaches deal on National Guard border mission
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California has reached an agreement with the federal government that the state’s National Guard troops will deploy to the border to focus on fighting transnational gangs as ...
Apr 19, 2018
Judge sanctions prosecutors in Greitens criminal case
ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis judge on Thursday rejected a request from Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to dismiss a felony criminal indictment against him, but sanctioned prosecutors for failing to turn over e...
Apr 19, 2018
Board approves austerity plans for Puerto Rico amid protests
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A majority of federal control board members approved new austerity measures for Puerto Rico on Thursday, saying they would help revitalize the economy and create more jobs amid...
Apr 19, 2018
Teachers use social media in US uprisings, fight for funding
PHOENIX - The public education uprisings that began in West Virginia and spread to Arizona, Oklahoma and Kentucky share similar origin stories. Teachers, long tired of low wages and a dearth of state ...
Apr 19, 2018
Manhattan turf war: 'Billionaires Row' vs. homeless shelter
NEW YORK - Some of the world’s wealthiest people have apartments in the half-dozen new skyscrapers built along a stretch of Manhattan’s 57th Street known as “Billionaires Row.”...
Apr 19, 2018
2,000 Kachin trapped by Myanmar fighting lack food, medicine
BANGKOK - Community leaders from the Christian ethnic Kachin community have called for urgent medical attention for about 2,000 civilians, including pregnant women and the elderly, trapped in the jung...
Apr 19, 2018
Remnants of migrant caravan move toward US-Mexico border
MEXICO CITY - The remnants of a migrant caravan of Central Americans that angered President Donald Trump were continuing their journey north through Mexico toward the U.S. border Wednesday. Organizer ...
Apr 19, 2018
Poland marks 75th anniversary of uprising in Warsaw Ghetto
WARSAW, Poland - Sirens wailed, church bells tolled and yellow paper daffodils of remembrance dotted the crowd as Polish and Jewish leaders extolled the heroism and determination of the Warsaw Ghetto ...
Apr 19, 2018
A willingness to fix the euro's flaws is fading fast
FRANKFURT - When Angela Merkel was re-elected as Germany’s leader in March, the way looked open for European nations to finally patch the remaining cracks in the euro - the structural flaws that...
Apr 19, 2018
Southwest Airlines sought more time for engine inspections
DALLAS - Southwest Airlines sought more time last year to inspect jet-engine fan blades like the one that snapped off during one of its flights Tuesday in an accident that left a passenger dead. The a...
Apr 19, 2018