Category Archives: World
Cheese, please: Japan, EU said near agreement on trade pact
TOKYO - Japan and the European Union were rushing Friday to finalize an agreement on easing barriers between their huge economies, hoping to have the gist of a deal before the Group of 20 industrial n...
Jun 30, 2017
Decades after devastating fire, Iowa warily allows fireworks
ADEL, Iowa - On a scorching day 86 years ago, a dropped sparkler ignited an inferno that roared through much of the small city of Spencer, Iowa, and led to a statewide fireworks ban that endured for g...
Jun 30, 2017
Pastors in Texas find new ways to serve fearful immigrants
HOUSTON - On one of his recent visits to the home of an immigrant family, Julio Barquero asked everyone sitting in the living room to stand and join hands. They formed a circle, closed their eyes, and...
Jun 30, 2017
Key part of law to help child sex abuse survivors to expire
ATLANTA - After suffering through sexual abuse for a decade starting when she was 5, a Georgia woman said she was too emotionally wrecked to sue her alleged abuser until it was too late - state law sa...
Jun 30, 2017
Killer to be executed suffers from delusions, lawyers say
RICHMOND, Va. - William Morva showed signs of mental illness long before he killed two men during an escape from custody in 2006, friends and family say. In the years leading up to the killings, Morva...
Jun 30, 2017
UN ends peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast after 13 years
ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire - The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast comes was ending Friday, 13 years after it intervened to implement a peace agreement as the West African economic powerhouse...
Jun 30, 2017
China flexes military muscle in Hong Kong during Xi's visit
HONG KONG - President Xi Jinping inspected troops based in Hong Kong on Friday as he asserted China’s authority over the former British colony, where anti-China sentiment has been on the rise si...
Jun 30, 2017
Puerto Rico struggles to save historic buildings amid crisis
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Stained glass windows from the 16th century are broken. Porch railings from the 1700s are missing. Brick walls crumble inside the hall where Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the U.S....
Jun 30, 2017
Feds will now target relatives who smuggled in children
SAN FRANCISCO - The Trump administration plans to arrest parents and other relatives who authorities believe smuggled their children into the United States, a move immigrant advocates said would send ...
Jun 30, 2017
Lawyer: San Francisco to pay $190K for sanctuary violation
SAN FRANCISCO - A man from El Salvador in the U.S. illegally who sued San Francisco after police turned him over to immigration authorities in violation of the city’s sanctuary law is set to be ...
Jun 30, 2017