Category Archives: World
'Bathroom bill' dies again in Texas as session abruptly ends
AUSTIN, Texas - A Texas “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people died again late Tuesday along with many of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s summer demands as an already bruising le...
Aug 15, 2017
Michael Moore leads audience of Broadway play to Trump Tower
NEW YORK - Michael Moore has led the audience of his Broadway play to Trump Tower to protest President Donald Trump’s comments about the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. On Facebook...
Aug 15, 2017
Rudy Giuliani undergoes surgery after falling on vacation
NEW YORK - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (joo-lee-AH’-nee) was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery over the weekend after falling while on vacation on Long Island. Giuliani t...
Aug 15, 2017
Lawyer: Baylor settles with woman who said rape was ignored
AUSTIN, Texas - The first woman to sue Baylor University over allegations the nation’s largest Baptist school ignored or mishandled rape allegations has settled her case, her attorney said Tuesd...
Aug 15, 2017
Swift sends flowers to Denver company that supported her
NEW YORK - Taylor Swift is returning the love to a Denver company that created colorful signs out of Post-its of her song lyrics like “Fearless” and “Begin Again” in its window...
Aug 15, 2017
Trump's defence of statues echoes right-wing rhetoric
President Donald Trump’s seemingly unscripted defence of Confederate statues during a press conference Tuesday echoed some right-wing talking points - and rhetoric from the far-right fringe. Tru...
Aug 15, 2017
Korea fight is latest conflict for indigenous people of Guam
HAGATNA, Guam - The threatened missile attack by North Korea on Guam has prompted calls for peace from the island’s indigenous people, who are weary of yet another conflict after enduring centur...
Aug 15, 2017
Dangerously cheesy? Cheetos pop-up restaurant opens in NYC
NEW YORK - Gourmet fun or just plain cheesy? A three-day pop-up restaurant devoted to Cheetos, yes Cheetos, opened in Manhattan on Tuesday, with every table already booked with diners ready to pay bet...
Aug 15, 2017
Cafe under investigation in death of ESPN broadcaster's wife
WOODBURY, Conn. - Connecticut officials are investigating a restaurant where authorities say the wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman had lunch before she died in a car crash. A state Depart...
Aug 15, 2017
Report: Woods had marijuana, painkillers in system at arrest
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Tiger Woods had the active ingredient for marijuana, two painkillers and two sleep drugs in his system when he was arrested on a DUI charge earlier this year, a report released...
Aug 15, 2017