Category Archives: World
Ex-members of church urge overturning of court agreement
SPINDALE, N.C. - Former members of a controversial North Carolina-based church want the state to take legal action to overturn a court-ordered compromise they say has crippled child abuse investigatio...
Nov 15, 2017
The Latest: Christie's: Leonardo sale an honour of a lifetime
NEW YORK - The Latest on the auction of a painting of Christ by Leonardo da Vinci for a record $450 million (all times local): 9:30 p.m. A New York auction house official says the sale of a rare paint...
Nov 15, 2017
Ex-Catalan leader to head campaign for election from Belgium
BARCELONA, Spain - The fugitive leader of Catalonia’s secessionist movement said Wednesday that he will repeat as his party’s leading candidate in upcoming elections for the Spanish region...
Nov 15, 2017
Fallout continues for Weinstein and his former company
LOS ANGELES - Fallout from sexual harassment and abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein continued Wednesday as the disgraced producer was hit with a new lawsuit, lost an honorary degree and his fo...
Nov 15, 2017
Polygamous town elects first mayor who's not part of sect
SALT LAKE CITY - A polygamous group’s dwindling control of a remote Utah-Arizona border town that it has called home for a century slipped further after four people not tied to the sect took ove...
Nov 15, 2017
Documents: US Steel sought to keep chemical spill secret
PORTAGE, Ind. - Environmentalists are questioning why the public wasn’t notified about an October chemical spill into a Lake Michigan tributary that U.S. Steel asked Indiana regulators to keep c...
Nov 15, 2017
Ivanka Trump says child tax credit 'not a pet project'
BAYVILLE, N.J. - Yes, it turns out, there is something that chafes at the unflappable Ivanka Trump. The presidential daughter and adviser, in a “full-blown sprint” as she sells the Republi...
Nov 15, 2017
Murder charges dropped after officers say they won't testify
CHICAGO - The refusal of five former Chicago police officers to testify in the retrial of a man incarcerated for murder since 1990 has resulted Wednesday in the dropping of charges against the defenda...
Nov 15, 2017
Transgender woman sues over placement in male prison
BOSTON - A transgender woman behind bars at an all-male prison in Massachusetts filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force the state to transfer her to a women’s facility, saying she is ...
Nov 15, 2017
California may limit liability of self-driving carmakers
SAN FRANCISCO - California regulators are embracing a General Motors recommendation that would help makers of self-driving cars avoid paying for accidents and other trouble, raising concerns that the ...
Nov 15, 2017