Category Archives: World

Summit plan too easy on North Korea? US rejects criticism
WASHINGTON - The White House tried to swat away criticism Friday that the U.S. is getting nothing in exchange for agreeing to a historic face-to-face summit between President Donald Trump and North Ko...
Mar 08, 2018

Florida governor signs gun restrictions 3 weeks after attack
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a far-reaching school-safety bill Friday that places new restrictions on guns in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting, cementing his state’...
Mar 08, 2018
Man says mob threats made him admit to Hawaii concert scam
HONOLULU - A man who admitted lying about his ability to secure Stevie Wonder for a University of Hawaii fundraising concert said in court documents that he pleaded guilty because he feared prosecutor...
Mar 08, 2018

Study finds false stories travel way faster than the truth
WASHINGTON - Twitter loves lies. A new study finds that false information on the social media network travels six times faster than the truth and reaches far more people. And you can’t blame bot...
Mar 08, 2018

Ex-Tennessee governor's Senate campaign fears it was hacked
NASHVILLE - Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen’s campaign for U.S. Senate told the FBI on Thursday that it fears it has been hacked, amid growing concern that candidates in the 2018 election co...
Mar 08, 2018

California lawmaker banned from hugging after investigation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A California state senator has been told to stop hugging people after an investigation concluded that his trademark embraces made multiple female colleagues uncomfortable. However...
Mar 08, 2018
Michael B. Jordan says he will adopt inclusion rider
NEW YORK - Michael B. Jordan says that he will adopt inclusion riders for all projects produced by his production company. In a message on Instagram on Wednesday, Jordan pledged to support “the ...
Mar 08, 2018

Interim Forest Service chief named amid misconduct charges
BILLINGS, Mont. - President Donald Trump’s administration moved quickly Thursday to install a female wildland firefighter to lead the U.S. Forest Service after the agency’s former chief st...
Mar 08, 2018
'A Wrinkle in Time' is a big leap for its teenage star
LOS ANGELES - Storm Reid tried to play it cool when Ava DuVernay told her she’d gotten the lead role in Disney’s “A Wrinkle in Time,” but it wasn’t long before the tears ...
Mar 08, 2018

Former Nebraska governor and congressman Charles Thone dies
LINCOLN, Neb. - Charles Thone, a former Nebraska governor and congressman who helped investigate the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 94. Thone ...
Mar 08, 2018