Category Archives: World
Utah officials blame lack of logging for major wildfire
SALT LAKE CITY - Insisting that logging could have cleaned up dead, bug-infested trees that are fueling a Utah wildfire, a Republican state lawmaker blamed federal mismanagement and lawsuits by “...
Jun 26, 2017
White House does not plan Ramadan event
WASHINGTON - Breaking with recent White House tradition, President Donald Trump has opted not to host an event marking Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. Past presidents have welcomed Muslim America...
Jun 26, 2017
US mayors back plan for cities to use only renewable energy
MIAMI - A bipartisan group of mayors from across the country unanimously backed an ambitious commitment for U.S. cities to run entirely on renewable sources such as wind and solar in two decades. As t...
Jun 26, 2017
World Food Prize goes to African Development Bank president
DES MOINES, Iowa - The son of a Nigerian farm labourer who rose out of poverty to earn graduate degrees in agricultural economics and spent his career improving the availability of seed, fertilizer an...
Jun 26, 2017
Spokeswoman: Cosby town hall's about education, not assault
LOS ANGELES - A spokeswoman for Bill Cosby is clarifying the purpose of the comedian’s planned town hall meetings after she and a colleague initially appeared to draw a link between the meetings...
Jun 26, 2017
Family of slain Chicago area Uber driver sues Walmart
CHICAGO - Relatives of a suburban Chicago Uber driver who was fatally attacked while on the job has sued Walmart, where authorities say the driver’s teenage attacker stole weapons just before th...
Jun 26, 2017
AP sources: US to say China among worst on human trafficking
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is poised to declare China among the world’s worst offenders on human trafficking, U.S. officials said Monday, putting the world’s most populous count...
Jun 26, 2017
Pennsylvania B&B owner finds decomposed body of guest
HONESDALE, Pa. - The owner of a bed and breakfast in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains discovered the badly decomposed body of guest who lived at the inn, and state police say the 80-year-old woma...
Jun 26, 2017
First military case in Navy bribery scandal begins
NORFOLK, Va. - While he was stationed in Singapore, a U.S. Navy commander ate suckling pigs worth $400 apiece, attended a Gucci fashion show with his wife and enjoyed the services of prostitutes - all...
Jun 26, 2017
Senate Democrats: Boost domestic spending, not just defence
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats, whose support is needed to pass more than $1 trillion worth of Cabinet department budgets, are demanding that domestic agencies receive budget increases, not just the Pe...
Jun 26, 2017