Category Archives: World
US conservationist, Chile sign creation of national parks
PARQUE PATAGONIA, Chile - Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed decrees Monday creating vast new national parks using lands donated by a U.S. conservation organization in what is believed to be t...
Jan 29, 2018
Senate rejects bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Monday rejected legislation designed to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a vote that put vulnerable Democrats on the record on the issue during an election year. T...
Jan 29, 2018
Haley suggests action on Iran missiles could save nuke deal
WASHINGTON - The United States is encouraging other U.N. Security Council countries to set aside the nuclear deal loathed by President Donald Trump and focus on cracking down on Iran’s missile a...
Jan 29, 2018
Disney Animation, Pixar chief John Lasseter taking leave
LOS ANGELES - Just days before Pixar’s “Coco” is set to hit theatres, Pixar co-founder and Walt Disney Animation chief John Lasseter announced he is taking a six-month leave of absen...
Nov 21, 2017
First trial of many begins for inauguration day protests
WASHINGTON - Eleven months after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, trials have begun for the more than 160 people arrested during violent anti-Trump protests in Washington on Inauguration Da...
Nov 21, 2017
Activists file lawsuit challenging Trump immigration changes
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Nurimaro Park, 26, is one of about 800,000 people who had benefited from an Obama-era program that extended protections to immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children. Whi...
Nov 21, 2017
Pro-Roy Moore group fundraises off Trump's near endorsement
WASHINGTON - A political action committee supporting Senate candidate Roy Moore is fundraising off President Donald Trump’s near-endorsement of the Alabama Republican, who is facing new allegati...
Nov 21, 2017
Report: Weinstein paid $1M to accuser after 2015 case died
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein paid $1 million to silence an Italian model who accused him of groping her in 2015 after prosecutors decided not to charge him, and in the 1990s, his brother paid other acc...
Nov 21, 2017
Hulu sued for not offering audio service for blind customers
BOSTON - Advocacy groups have sued Hulu in an effort to force the subscription streaming service to provide an audio track that helps people who are blind or visually impaired enjoy TV shows and movie...
Nov 21, 2017
Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys Drumstick and Wishbone
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump wielded his pardon power Tuesday to spare a pair of turkeys from the Thanksgiving roaster, joking that he would also let last year’s turkey pardons stand desp...
Nov 21, 2017