Category Archives: World
Judge sides with Philadelphia in 'sanctuary cities' case
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the U.S. government from withholding a major grant that pays for public safety equipment because Philadelphia is a “sanctuary city.” U.S...
Nov 15, 2017
Despite 7 women's statements, Bush unlikely to be prosecuted
HOUSTON - Allegations that former President George H.W. Bush inappropriately touched seven women involve potential crimes punishable by fines or jail time, if they had been prosecuted. All but one of ...
Nov 15, 2017
Indicted Maryland legislator charged with tipping off target
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A Maryland state senator already indicted on charges that he accepted illegal payments while using the word “lollipop” as a code for every $1,000 he expected to collect wa...
Nov 15, 2017
Review of old court cases continues in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. - Officials in Ferguson, Missouri, are still poring over old municipal court cases trying to determine which should be dismissed as part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justi...
Nov 15, 2017
Another day ends with no verdict in Menendez bribery trial
NEWARK, N.J. - Jurors completed a seventh day of deliberations in the bribery trial of Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy friend Wednesday without a verdict, as defence attorneys pushed for th...
Nov 15, 2017
US opposes Nazi speech, but will vote no at UN to banning it
WASHINGTON - The United States government wants you to know: It really, truly doesn’t like Nazis. At the United Nations this week, the U.S. plans to vote against a yearly resolution that condemn...
Nov 15, 2017
Moroccan migrants in Libya seek return, stage hunger strike
MARRAKECH, Morocco - Moroccan authorities said Wednesday that they are working to bring home a large group of Moroccan migrants who sought to enter Europe illegally but are stuck in a Libyan detention...
Nov 15, 2017
Killer of 4, including 3 relatives, gets life without parole
BARRE, Vt. - A Vermont woman who shot and killed a state social worker and three of her own relatives as revenge for losing custody of her then 9-year-old daughter was sentenced Wednesday to life with...
Nov 15, 2017
At UN rights body, Sri Lanka vows new steps to fight torture
GENEVA - Government envoys from Sri Lanka told the U.N.’s top human rights body Wednesday that their country is taking new steps to battle torture, a move that an advocacy group attributed to an...
Nov 15, 2017
Diplomat, playing a game of trust, dies in fall off terrace
NEW YORK - An Australian diplomat who had angered a woman’s husband and then sought to prove himself with a risky game of trust on a seventh-floor terrace near the Empire State Building fell to ...
Nov 15, 2017