Category Archives: World
2nd defence attorney wants off Bill Cosby's sex assault case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A second lawyer who defended Bill Cosby in his sex assault trial that ended with a deadlocked jury wants off the case before the start of his retrial that’s set for November. L...
Aug 15, 2017
US decries Islamic State 'genocide' of Christians, others
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration denounced the Islamic State group on Tuesday for carrying out “genocide” against Christians and other religious minorities in areas under its control....
Aug 15, 2017
Oops? Trump retweets critic saying 'he's a fascist'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump appears to have mistakenly retweeted a message from one of his critics saying “he’s a fascist.” Trump deleted his retweet Tuesday after about five...
Aug 15, 2017
Moore, Strange in GOP runoff in Alabama Senate race
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was twice removed from his judicial duties, forced a primary runoff Tuesday against Trump-backed incumbent Sen. Luther Strange in a race ...
Aug 15, 2017
North Carolina governor wants Confederate monuments removed
DURHAM, N.C. - North Carolina’s governor said Tuesday that he wants to bring down Confederate monuments around the state, thrusting himself into a debate stoked by violence in Virginia and the t...
Aug 15, 2017
HBO producer gets year in prison after dermatologist's death
NEW YORK - An HBO producer who helped drag an unconscious dermatologist down to the lobby of a New York City apartment building after she overdosed has been sentenced to a year in prison. Marc Henry J...
Aug 15, 2017
Teamsters acquitted of threats, extortion of 'Top Chef' crew
BOSTON - Four Teamsters were acquitted Tuesday of threatening “Top Chef” host Padma Lakshmi and using strong-arm tactics to try to extort jobs from a nonunion company filming the reality T...
Aug 15, 2017
Fargo family disavows son who was at white supremacist event
FARGO, N.D. - A North Dakota family has disowned an adult son who attended a gathering of white supremacists that turned violent over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia. Pearce Tefft says in a l...
Aug 15, 2017
Texas school official removed over book's supremacist symbol
DENTON, Texas - A Texas school district has removed an assistant principal from his post after he authored a children’s book whose central character is also a white nationalist symbol. The Dento...
Aug 15, 2017
As the laid-off struggle, high-tech US plants offer jobs
NORWOOD, Ohio - Herbie Mays is 3M proud, and it shows - in the 3M shirt he wears; in the 3M ring he earned after three decades at the company’s plant in suburban Cincinnati; in the way he shows ...
Aug 15, 2017