Category Archives: World
Poland angry over German official's words seen as 'meddling'
WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s government is protesting a comment by the German defence minister, calling it an “unacceptable” attempt to meddle in Poland’s internal affairs. German...
Nov 03, 2017
In high-tax states, worries about pain from GOP tax plan
SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - Homeowners in high-tax states like New Jersey, where a modest house within commuting distance of New York City can easily carry property taxes of over $15,000 a year, are wonderin...
Nov 03, 2017
Massachusetts 1st to ban bump stocks since Vegas shooting
BOSTON - Massachusetts on Friday became the first state to impose a ban on bump stocks since the deadly shooting at a Las Vegas music festival. An appropriations bill that included a prohibition on th...
Nov 03, 2017
Mayor won't be charged for jumping ahead of concert traffic
TINLEY PARK, Ill. - A suburban Chicago mayor won’t face criminal prosecution after he shouted “mayor coming through” and removed police traffic cones to allow a party bus he was ridi...
Nov 03, 2017
JFK files say rumours of CIA link to Oswald 'unfounded'
WASHINGTON - Government documents newly released Friday regarding John F. Kennedy’s assassination say allegations that Lee Harvey Oswald was connected to the CIA were “totally unfounded.&#...
Nov 03, 2017
NYPD says it is building rape case against Harvey Weinstein
New York City police said Friday that an actress’ rape allegations against Harvey Weinstein are credible, and if the movie mogul were in the state and the accusation more recent, they would move...
Nov 03, 2017
Ex-prosecutor: Cosby paid accuser millions of dollars
PHILADELPHIA - A former prosecutor claims his decision in 2005 not to charge Bill Cosby with drugging and molesting a woman led to the comedian paying his accuser a settlement “well into the mil...
Nov 03, 2017
Police tweet beer photo to deter underage Halloween partiers
UPPER DARBY, Pa. - Police in Pennsylvania have tweeted a photo of a Halloween beer can costume to make underage revelers think officers would be staked out in disguises at parties. Upper Darby police ...
Nov 03, 2017
California asks US for $7.4 billion for wildfire rebuilding
SAN FRANCISCO - California Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers asked the U.S. government Friday for $7.4 billion to help rebuild after a cluster of fires tore through the heart of wine country, killing mor...
Nov 03, 2017
Disney bars LA Times film coverage after critical piece
LOS ANGELES - In response to a Los Angeles Times series about the relationship between the Walt Disney Co. and the city of Anaheim, the company is barring the paper from advance screenings of its film...
Nov 03, 2017