Category Archives: World
Most stores shut in Poland as Sunday trade ban takes effect
WARSAW, Poland - A new Polish law banning almost all trade on Sundays has taken effect, with large supermarkets and most other retailers closed for the first time since liberal shopping laws were intr...
Mar 11, 2018
Le Pen wants French far-right party renamed National Rally
LILLE, France - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen proposed renaming the National Front party co-founded by her father 46 years ago to National Rally, opening a new era after her resounding defeat ...
Mar 11, 2018
China's Xi Jinping gets expanded mandate, may rule for life
BEIJING - Xi Jinping, already China’s most powerful leader in more than a generation, received a vastly expanded mandate as lawmakers Sunday abolished presidential term limits that had been in p...
Mar 10, 2018
Man arrested in killing of 1 officer, wounding of another
LOS ANGELES - A man suspected of shooting two California police officers, killing one of them, was arrested Saturday after barricading himself in an apartment and holding a SWAT team at bay for more t...
Mar 10, 2018
Nun involved in lawsuit with Katy Perry over convent dies
LOS ANGELES - A nun involved in a lawsuit with pop star Katy Perry over the sale of a convent in Los Angeles died after collapsing during a court appearance. Archbishop Jose H. Gomez says Sister Cathe...
Mar 10, 2018
Jazz band of Georgia students performing concerts in China
VALDOSTA, Ga. - A group of student musicians from Georgia have gone overseas to bring jazz to China. The seven-member honours jazz combo from Valdosta State University is on a weeklong trip to perform...
Mar 10, 2018
Trump flies solo more, is said to want to rely less on staff
WASHINGTON - His staff hollowing out and his agenda languishing, President Donald Trump is increasingly flying solo. Always improvisational, the president exercised his penchant for going it alone in ...
Mar 10, 2018
Justice Department proposes banning rapid-fire bump stocks
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration said Saturday it has taken the first step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks, likely setting the stage for long legal battles with gun manufacturers whi...
Mar 10, 2018
The Latest: Guardian: Shooter had been person of integrity
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. - The Latest on a fatal shooting at a California veterans centre (all times local): 6:45 p.m. The former guardian of an ex-soldier who killed three employees at a Northern Californi...
Mar 10, 2018
Vet in California attack had trouble after return from war
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. - The man who killed three women after a daylong siege at a Northern California veterans home had trouble adjusting to regular life after he returned from the Afghanistan war and ha...
Mar 10, 2018