Category Archives: World
UN chief says 68 million girls may face genital cuts by 2030
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is warning that without accelerated action 68 million girls could be subjected to female genital mutilation by 2030. He said in a statement on International Day...
Feb 06, 2018
Supreme Court blocks some redrawn North Carolina districts
RALEIGH, N.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court told North Carolina officials late Tuesday they must use some but not all of the state’s legislative districts that other federal judges redrew for this ye...
Feb 06, 2018

Cosby lawyers: Delay trial if other accusers get to testify
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby’s lawyers said Tuesday that they would seek to delay his April 2 sexual assault retrial if some of his other accusers are given a chance to testify. The 80-year-old ent...
Feb 06, 2018

Kylie Jenner, Travis Scott name their baby girl 'Stormi'
NEW YORK - Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have named their baby girl is named Stormi. Jenner posted the name on Instagram on Tuesday with a photo of the baby’s tiny hand grasping her pink-polishe...
Feb 06, 2018
Cops: Woman says Voodoo ritual led her to kill sons, 5 and 8
BROCKTON, Mass. - A Massachusetts woman used a kitchen knife to stab two of her children to death and later told police it was part of a Voodoo ritual, authorities said Tuesday. Latarsha Sanders, 43, ...
Feb 06, 2018
Lawyer for ex-CIA man: My client is not a Chinese spy
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The lawyer for a former CIA officer accused of illegally retaining classified records is defending his client against accusations he was a Chinese spy. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 53, a re...
Feb 06, 2018

Trump's bipartisan pitch long gone; now he's talking treason
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s call in the State of the Union address last week for a new era of bipartisan co-operation seems like a distant memory. Now, he’s calling Democrats ...
Feb 06, 2018
Amtrak engineer ordered to stand trial in Philadelphia crash
PHILADELPHIA - Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian sat stunned Tuesday as a judge reinstated twice-rejected criminal charges and ordered him to stand trial for a deadly 2015 train wreck in Philadelphia. J...
Feb 06, 2018

Will Disney's streaming service roar - or squeak?
NEW YORK - Will Disney’s upcoming streaming services be the mouse that roared … or squeaked? Disney already owns enviable entertainment properties including Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars. No...
Feb 06, 2018
They spoke out pre-#MeToo and cheer it, with note of caution
NEW YORK - The newspaper was about to come out with Leesa Perazzo’s account of being raped at 16. She was relieved. And petrified. She had never told her story so publicly but thought it could h...
Feb 06, 2018