Category Archives: World
Girlfriend whose texts urged suicide gets 15 months in jail
TAUNTON, Mass. - A young woman who as a teenager encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to “get back in” a truck filled with toxic gas wa...
Aug 03, 2017
Trump denies he called White House a 'dump'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump denied Wednesday that he called the White House a “dump.” Trump responded on Twitter to an article posted Tuesday on the website golf.com. The story rec...
Aug 03, 2017
US weekly requests for jobless aid down 5,000, to 240,000
WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week, keeping the number of people seeking benefits close to historic lows. THE NUMBERS: Weekly unemployment applications fell by 5,000 to 240...
Aug 03, 2017
Trump's tweets send advisers scrambling to reshape policy
WASHINGTON - Aides to President Donald Trump were in deep talks about how to defuse tensions between Qatar and other Arab nations when the door to the secure room at the White House burst open. The ur...
Aug 03, 2017
Truce goes into effect in another Syria 'safe zone'
BEIRUT - Russia’s Defence Ministry announced a cease-fire for a third safe zone in war-torn Syria on Thursday, paving the way for the delivery of sorely needed humanitarian relief to rebel-held ...
Aug 03, 2017
Trump grudgingly signs Russia sanctions bill
WASHINGTON - Dealt a striking congressional rebuke, Donald Trump grudgingly signed what he called a “seriously flawed” package of sanctions against Russia, bowing for the moment to resista...
Aug 03, 2017
Senators move to protect special counsel in Russia probe
WASHINGTON - Senators introduced two bipartisan bills Thursday aimed at protecting Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Donald Trump as both parties signalled resistance to any...
Aug 03, 2017
NTSB says school blast investigation could take a year
MINNEAPOLIS - Workers may have been moving a gas meter when an explosion tore through a Minneapolis school building this week, killing two people and injuring at least nine others, according to federa...
Aug 03, 2017
Flouting his own advice, Trump will take extended vacation
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump once questioned the wisdom of taking vacations. “What’s the point?” he asked. But now the president is getting ready to join the annual August exodus from t...
Aug 03, 2017
Ambushes by Indian troops, Kashmir rebels kill 4 combatants
SRINAGAR, India - A pair of ambushes by Indian government forces and Kashmiri rebels early Thursday killed two soldiers and two militants in the disputed Himalayan region, police said. Militants ambus...
Aug 03, 2017