Category Archives: World
Racist Snapchat prompts call for GWU sorority's expulsion
WASHINGTON - George Washington University student leaders have called for the expulsion of a sorority whose members were involved in a racist Snapchat post. News outlets report the Student Association...
Feb 07, 2018
Woman found holding her eyeball outside S Carolina church
ANDERSON, S.C. - Authorities say a woman was found holding her eyeball outside a South Carolina church. Anderson County Sheriff Chad McBride tells news outlets that it took two or three deputies and t...
Feb 07, 2018

In this classroom, every student's name is 'Judge'
WASHINGTON - They’re already being called “Your Honor” in courtrooms across the country, but this week some of America’s newest federal judges are students. They’re toget...
Feb 07, 2018
Senate celebrates budget deal - but shutdown still possible
WASHINGTON - Senate leaders brokered a long-sought budget agreement Wednesday that would shower the Pentagon and domestic programs with an extra $300 billion over the next two years. But both Democrat...
Feb 07, 2018

Rail industry says key safety technology not due until 2020
WASHINGTON - The railroad industry is playing down expectations that a safety technology that could have prevented recent deadly train crashes will be in operation across the United States by the end ...
Feb 07, 2018
Puerto Ricans grab machetes, shovels to help restore power
COAMO, Puerto Rico - It took only minutes for Hurricane Maria to kill power to the Puerto Rican town of Coamo, cracking wooden poles, snapping power lines and hurling transformers to the ground. For m...
Feb 07, 2018
'We need help:' Train passengers describe chaos in 911 calls
CAYCE, S.C. - Passengers on a train that slammed into an empty freight train over the weekend in South Carolina, killing two Amtrak employees, described a smoky, bloody scene in 911 calls released to ...
Feb 07, 2018
GOP bid for control in Nevada raises fear of endless recalls
Nevada’s major political parties are locked in a legal battle over a Republican effort to take control of the state Senate by recalling two freshly elected Democratic lawmakers - a tactic that D...
Feb 07, 2018
Saudi anti-corruption purge winds down, but questions emerge
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal headed outdoors to Saudi Arabia’s terracotta-colored sand dunes over the weekend, after being interrogated, investigated and d...
Feb 07, 2018

The doctor's in, but jury is out on new LA Times owner
LOS ANGELES - The struggling Los Angeles Times found a local saviour in a biotech billionaire willing to buy the storied newspaper from a corporation half a continent away, but the change of ownership...
Feb 07, 2018