Category Archives: World
Thousands protest proposal for total abortion ban in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO - Thousands of women marched through the streets of Rio de Janeiro on Monday to protest a recent congressional committee vote to make abortion illegal without exception in Brazil. Many ...
Nov 13, 2017
'Hannity' fans smash Keurig brewers over pulled ads
NEW YORK - Supporters of conservative host Sean Hannity’s Fox News Channel show are responding to a decision by Keurig to stop advertising on the show by smashing Keurig coffee makers. The compa...
Nov 13, 2017
Attorneys: Topeka seeks to limit access to shooting video
TOPEKA, Kan. - The city of Topeka is trying to prevent the parents of a black man fatally shot by police from reviewing officers’ body camera footage by arguing that state law permits only his y...
Nov 13, 2017
North Korea says US carrier groups raise nuclear war threat
North Korea warned Monday that the unprecedented deployment of three U.S. aircraft carrier groups “taking up a strike posture” around the Korean peninsula is making it impossible to predic...
Nov 13, 2017
Trump Jr.'s WikiLeaks exchange adds intrigue to Russia probe
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s oldest son released a series of private Twitter exchanges between himself and WikiLeaks during and after the 2016 election, including pleas from the website...
Nov 13, 2017
Hate crimes rose for 2nd year in a row in 2016, FBI reports
WASHINGTON - Hate crimes rose for the second straight year in 2016, with increases in attacks motivated by bias against blacks, Jews, Muslims and LGBT people, according to FBI statistics released Mond...
Nov 13, 2017
Prosecutor: Suspected serial killer facing murder charges
BATON ROUGE, La. - A suspected serial killer was indicted Monday on murder charges in a string of shootings that killed three men and wounded a fourth. A grand jury indicted Ryan Sharpe, 36, on charge...
Nov 13, 2017
Pot-friendly San Francisco fights over recreational cannabis
SAN FRANCISCO - Famously pro-cannabis San Francisco, where the 4/20 marijuana holiday is celebrated with a group smoke-out on Hippie Hill, is having a surprisingly difficult time establishing regulati...
Nov 13, 2017
Ex-Army reservist admits stealing many guns, escaping prison
BOSTON - A former Army reservist has pleaded guilty to stealing guns from an Army Reserve facility in Massachusetts, escaping from a Rhode Island prison and trying to rob two banks. James Morales plea...
Nov 13, 2017
US calls Venezuela a global threat at a meeting some boycott
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley called Venezuela “an increasingly violent narco-state” that threatens the world, speaking Monday at an informal Security Council meeting on the South American n...
Nov 13, 2017