Category Archives: World
American Airlines settles disabilities case for $9.8 million
FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines and a subsidiary will pay $9.8 million in stock to settle claims that they failed to help disabled employees return to work. Federal officials say American and En...
Nov 06, 2017
Rifle, handguns linked to gunman in Texas church shooting
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas - The man who authorities say carried out the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history had a rifle and two handguns with him. Devin Patrick Kelley opened fire during worship ...
Nov 06, 2017
Harvard honours Elton John for efforts to fight HIV, AIDS
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Elton John has been honoured at Harvard University for his philanthropic efforts to fight HIV and AIDS. The 70-year-old singer was awarded the Harvard Foundation’s Peter J. Go...
Nov 06, 2017
Town near Grand Canyon considers push for taller buildings
TUSAYAN, Ariz. - Seconds after rounding the highway curve on the final stretch to the Grand Canyon’s South Rim entrance, the first sign appears: Yes on 400. Housing. Jobs. Independence. The ball...
Nov 06, 2017
Correction: Church Shooting-Texas-Hero story
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas - In a story Nov. 6 about two men who chased down the Texas church shooter, The Associated Press misspelled in two instances the last name of one of the men. It is Johnnie La...
Nov 06, 2017
Third federally protected grey wolf killed in Oregon
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Another grey wolf has been found dead in Oregon, marking the third such unsolved death of a federally protected wolf in the past year, state and federal wildlife officials said. ...
Nov 06, 2017
Judge ignores recommendation, sends Meek Mill to prison
PHILADELPHIA - Rapper Meek Mill was sentenced to two to four years in prison on probation violations Monday by a Philadelphia judge who said the musician had wasted several chances to clean up his act...
Nov 06, 2017
Are all Russia ties now sinister, or are some just business?
MOSCOW - A shipping company partly owned by President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary is one of the few in the world that can transport liquefied petroleum gas in cold and icy conditions. Russ...
Nov 06, 2017
Correction: Church Shooting-Texas-Victims story
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas - In a story Nov. 6 about a mass shooting at a Texas church, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a 16-year-old victim. Her name is Haley Krueger, not Hailey. A correc...
Nov 06, 2017
Government seeks to revoke US citizenship of 4 Somalis
MINNEAPOLIS - The Justice Department moved Monday to revoke the U.S. citizenship of four Minnesotans from Somalia accused of lying on their visa application. The four entered the U.S. through a progra...
Nov 06, 2017