Category Archives: World
Taylor Swift doesn't sugar-coat testimony in groping case
DENVER - A defiant and occasionally exasperated Taylor Swift insisting during a whirlwind hour of testimony Thursday that a Denver disc jockey grabbed her bare backside and held on for a long time dur...
Aug 09, 2017
Man ambushes French soldiers in car attack, later arrested
LEVALLOIS-PERRET, France - A man rammed his car into a group of soldiers near Paris, injuring six of them, and then was cornered by police in a highway manhunt – the latest in what’s becom...
Aug 09, 2017
GOP insurgents claim Trump mantle, spell trouble for party
WASHINGTON - Republicans face a problem as they try to defend a slim majority in the Senate and win races elsewhere: Insurgent primary candidates are trying to lay claim to President Donald Trump̵...
Aug 08, 2017
Father of Holland's Argentine queen dies in Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The Royal House of the Netherlands says the father of Holland’s Argentina-born Queen Maxima has died in Buenos Aires at age 89. An official statement said Jorge Horacio...
Aug 08, 2017
Newborn Hawaiian monk seal to be moved out of Waikiki
HONOLULU - State and federal authorities plan to move a newborn Hawaiian monk seal away from congested Waikiki so it can remain a wild animal and won’t become accustomed to interacting with peop...
Aug 08, 2017
Glen Campbell's public Alzheimer's battle set his legacy
NASHVILLE - On television and on stage, Glen Campbell was a superstar with boyish good looks, a flashy smile and wit, but it was his last performance on screen that exposed a more vulnerable side that...
Aug 08, 2017
Utah seeking $1.9 billion from EPA over mine-waste spill
Utah is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for $1.9 billion in damages after the EPA inadvertently triggered a multi-state spill from an old gold mine in Colorado, the Utah Attorney Gener...
Aug 08, 2017
Legal group files complaint about Georgia immigration judges
ATLANTA - A legal advocacy group says immigration judges at a Georgia detention centre are breaking rules of professional conduct and violating the constitutional rights of detainees. The Southern Pov...
Aug 08, 2017
Thai students believed killed in crash; bodies stranded
FRESNO, Calif. - Rescuers are struggling to recover a pair of bodies from a car that crashed down a cliff two weeks ago and became lodged in the middle of a California river raging with snowmelt, offi...
Aug 08, 2017
US scientists contradict Trump's climate claims
WASHINGTON - As President Donald Trump touts new oil pipelines and pledges to revive the nation’s struggling coal mines, federal scientists are warning that burning fossil fuels is already drivi...
Aug 08, 2017