Category Archives: World
Ukrainian government, separatists agree on new cease-fire
MOSCOW - The Ukrainian government and Russia-backed separatists have agreed on a new cease-fire in the country’s war-torn east, a spokesman for the Ukrainian government said Wednesday. Fighting ...
Jun 21, 2017
Professor questions suspension following TV show appearance
NEWARK, N.J. - An adjunct professor at a New Jersey community college is questioning why she was suspended after appearing on Fox News. Lisa Durden says she learned about the suspension June 8 when sh...
Jun 21, 2017
Republican convicted of attacking reporter joins House
WASHINGTON - The newest member of Congress drew boos from some in his own Republican caucus on Wednesday as he called for withholding lawmakers’ pay unless they approve a balanced budget. Rep. G...
Jun 21, 2017
Writers detail Israeli occupation of West Bank in new book
JERUSALEM - A group of renowned authors has published a collection of essays about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, hoping their grim firsthand perspectives will draw attention to what they...
Jun 21, 2017
Puerto Rico families fight, flee a surge in foreclosures
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Elvis Guzman opened the letter, saw it was in English and took it to his lawyer for translation. The 59-year-old who sells recycled metal for a living figured it was another le...
Jun 21, 2017
Young immigrants write of hope in gang-scarred US town
BRENTWOOD, N.Y. - One student wrote how his parents were fed up with paying “war taxes” to street gangs in Honduras. Another told how he finally left that country after he was hit in the l...
Jun 21, 2017
Fidget spinners named among possible summer hazards for kids
BOSTON - Thinking of getting your kid the wildly popular fidget spinner? A consumer watchdog group is warning parents to think again. Boston-based World Against Toys Causing Harm said Wednesday in unv...
Jun 21, 2017
Congressman's wife works part-time in $240K job
INDIANAPOLIS - The wife of a likely Senate candidate averages a 26.5-hour work week in her $240,000-a-year job doing legal consulting for an Indianapolis suburb, according to timesheets reviewed by Th...
Jun 21, 2017
Gung-ho culture at tour agency Warmbier used on N.Korea trip
BEIJING - Beer-soaked “booze cruises” down North Korea’s Taedong River. Scuba diving trips off the country’s eastern coast. Saint Patrick’s Day pub crawls in Pyongyang fe...
Jun 21, 2017
US officials underscore Russia threat to 2016 elections
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials sought Wednesday to underscore for lawmakers the threat Russia posed to the 2016 vote for the White House, outlining efforts to hack into election systems in 21 states and ...
Jun 21, 2017