Category Archives: World
Russian athletes allege libel by ex-anti-doping agency head
NEW YORK - Three Russian biathletes sued the country’s former anti-doping laboratory director on Tuesday, saying he severely damaged or destroyed their careers with lies. The athletes filed a $3...
Feb 20, 2018
Q&A: Yance Ford on race, justice and making Oscar history
NEW YORK - In the Oscar-nominated documentary “Strong Island,” Yance Ford stares back at the camera with profound sorrow and calm resilience. “Strong Island,” a Netflix release...
Feb 20, 2018
Stephen King in tweet slams congressman as "NRA sweetheart"
AUGUSTA, Maine - Author Stephen King is calling a Maine congressman an “NRA sweetheart” for receiving thousands of dollars from the gun rights advocacy group. King urges residents in a Tue...
Feb 20, 2018
Report: Hawaii wasn't ready to handle missile threat alert
HONOLULU - Hawaii’s nuclear missile scare showed that the state began testing alerts before fully developing a plan to address the ballistic missile threat and that a public outreach campaign mo...
Feb 20, 2018
Palestinian leader calls for peace conference by mid-2018
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ruled out the United States as a broker for peace with Israel on Tuesday, calling for an international peace conference by mid-2018 with the key goals of full U.N. ...
Feb 20, 2018
Italy warns of election threat as rival parties court Russia
ROME - Italian government officials are warning of possible foreign interference in the March 4 general election, sounding the alarm following the U.S. indictment of Russian trolls and evidence of Rus...
Feb 20, 2018

Maduro: Digital currency puts Venezuela on tech vanguard
CARACAS, Venezuela - Cash-strapped Venezuela on Tuesday became the first country to launch its own version of bitcoin, a move President Nicolas Maduro celebrated as putting his country on the world...
Feb 20, 2018

Preventive treatment for peanut allergies succeeds in study
The first treatment to help prevent serious allergic reactions to peanuts may be on the way. A company said Tuesday that its daily capsules of peanut powder helped children build tolerance in a major ...
Feb 20, 2018
Attorney admits he lied to Mueller's federal agents
WASHINGTON - A 33-year-old attorney fired last year by a prominent international law firm became the fourth person to plead guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, admit...
Feb 20, 2018
Vatican investigator meets with Chilean sex abuse victims
SANTIAGO, Chile - The Vatican’s sex abuse investigator on Tuesday began a series of meetings in Chile with victims and others who have opposed the appointment of a bishop accused of covering up ...
Feb 20, 2018