Category Archives: World

ACLU sues Trump administration to stop family separation
HOUSTON - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit Friday accusing the U.S. government of broadly separating immigrant families seeking asylum. The lawsuit follows action the AC...
Mar 09, 2018

Watchdog group: DOJ should investigate porn actress payment
WASHINGTON - A non-profit watchdog group has asked the Justice Department and the Office of Government Ethics to investigate whether a secret payment to an adult film actress made prior to the 2016 pr...
Mar 09, 2018
'Veep' creator: I could never reach 'giddy heights' of Trump
TORONTO - How different was Stalin-era 1950s Russia to the Washington D.C. of “Veep”? For “Veep”-creator Armando Iannucci, there were more similarities than you might think. In...
Mar 09, 2018

Teen charged with manslaughter in Alabama school shooting
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A 17-year-old high school junior was charged Friday with manslaughter and illegal firearms possession in a classroom shooting that killed a fellow student at an Alabama high school....
Mar 09, 2018
Music professor who said Muslim woman safer in US forced out
CINCINNATI - An Ohio music professor who said Muslim women and girls are safer in the U.S. than in any Middle Eastern country has been forced to retire. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports University of C...
Mar 09, 2018
Watchdog: Canadian hardware used for hacking in Turkey, Syria
PARIS - A Canadian company’s hardware is being used to hack internet users along Turkey’s border with Syria, researchers said Friday, adding that there were signs that Kurdish forces align...
Mar 09, 2018
AP Analysis: NRA gave $7.3 million to hundreds of schools
The National Rifle Association has given more than $7 million in grants to hundreds of U.S. schools in recent years, according to an Associated Press analysis, but few have shown any indication that t...
Mar 09, 2018
Before Trump: 6 past high-level US visits to North Korea
TOKYO - President Donald Trump could become the first sitting U.S. president to visit North Korea if plans for a summit with Kim Jong Un hold. But other prominent American political figures have visit...
Mar 09, 2018
What could go wrong? Pitfalls pose risks in Trump, Kim talks
TOKYO - So President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are planning a summit. What could possibly go wrong? The two countries haven’t had significant, high-level talks in years an...
Mar 09, 2018
A look at what's ahead in a landmark Trump-Kim summit
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - After a year of threats and diatribes, U.S. President Donald Trump and third-generation North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un have agreed to meet face-to-face for talks about t...
Mar 09, 2018