Category Archives: World
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's great fear: Courts viewed as partisan
BRISTOL, R.I. - One of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s great fears is that the federal judiciary will start to be seen as just another political branch of government divided along partisan lines like Cong...
Jan 30, 2018
Kennedy SOTU response: 'Bullies may land a punch,' don't win
WASHINGTON - Soaring stock prices under President Donald Trump have boosted investor portfolios and corporate profits but have not eased the economic anxieties of middle-class families, Massachusetts ...
Jan 30, 2018
Arizona man says he sold ammunition to Las Vegas shooter
LAS VEGAS - An Arizona man named in court documents as a “person of interest” during the investigation of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history said Tuesday he had met the sho...
Jan 30, 2018
The Latest: Sanders blasts Trump for dodging social programs
WASHINGTON - The Latest on President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech (all times local): 11 p.m. Liberal icon Bernie Sanders is blasting President Donald Trump for what he did not say du...
Jan 30, 2018
Trump signs executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open: White House
WASHINGTON - The White House says U.S. President Trump has signed an executive order to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open. More to come. The Associated Press
Jan 30, 2018
Regulators vote to protect more corals in Atlantic Ocean
PORTLAND, Maine - Federal fishing regulators on Tuesday approved a compromise they said would expand the amount of coral habitat preserved in the Atlantic Ocean while also protecting fishing interests...
Jan 30, 2018
Oil producer BP makes 2 exploration discoveries in North Sea
LONDON - BP says it has made two new oil discoveries in the North Sea, adding to hopes for a revival in the declining basin that has fueled Britain’s oil and gas industry since the 1970s. The co...
Jan 30, 2018
Hawaii worker who sent false alert had problems but kept job
HONOLULU - Hawaii emergency management officials knew for years that an employee had problems performing his job. Then, he sent a false alert warning of an imminent missile attack earlier this month. ...
Jan 30, 2018
A taxpayer-backed bank for pot money? Maybe in California
LOS ANGELES - California officials announced Tuesday that they will take a detailed look at the possibility of creating a taxpayer-backed bank to handle what could be billions of dollars in revenue ge...
Jan 30, 2018
Louisiana man freed from life sentence, cleared in 1979 rape
GRETNA, La. - A Louisiana man imprisoned for nearly four decades walked free Tuesday after his conviction in a 1979 rape was thrown out and prosecutors agreed to dismiss the charge. Malcolm Alexander,...
Jan 30, 2018