Category Archives: World
Black gun owners worried by acquittal in Castile shooting
Gerry Martin isn’t sure he will ever tell a police officer during a traffic stop that he has a concealed-weapon permit - and possibly a weapon - on him. The acquittal of a Minnesota officer in t...
Jun 17, 2017
Scalise upgraded from 'critical' to 'serious' condition
WASHINGTON - Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise was upgraded from “critical” to “serious condition” Saturday and continued to show signs of improvement after he was wounded in a shoo...
Jun 17, 2017
Vatican defends membership for theologian over abortion flap
VATICAN CITY - The head of the Vatican’s bioethics panel is defending the decision to name as a member an Anglican moral theologian who has said that abortion could be condoned up until the 18th...
Jun 17, 2017
Trump's Washington hotel saw almost $20 million in revenue
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s Washington hotel saw almost $20 million in revenue during its first few months of operation - a period that coincided with his election and inauguration as ...
Jun 17, 2017
German newspaper editor apologizes for front page on Kohl
BERLIN - A left-leaning German newspaper is apologizing for a front-page headline on the death of former Chancellor Helmut Kohl that some considered distasteful. The conservative Kohl, who spearheaded...
Jun 17, 2017
Scores of farm workers, activists marching on Ben & Jerry's
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Scores of dairy farm workers and activists are marching to the Ben & Jerry’s factory in the Vermont town of Waterbury to protest what they say are slow negotiations to reac...
Jun 17, 2017
The Latest: US Navy says bodies of sailors found on ship
YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Latest on a U.S. Navy ship collision (all times local): 11:15 a.m. The U.S. Navy says the bodies of sailors who went missing in the collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a con...
Jun 17, 2017
NewsAlert: 58 people missing in London fire presumed dead, police say
LONDON - Police in London, England, say 58 people who were in Grenfell Tower are missing and presumed dead in the fire. More to come. The Associated Press
Jun 17, 2017
Afghan soldier wounds 7 US soldiers in insider attack
KABUL - An Afghan soldier opened fire on American soldiers on Saturday, injuring at least seven, the U.S. military said. It was the second such insider attack by an Afghan soldier in the past week. Ab...
Jun 17, 2017
Cosby team triumphant, but sex crime retrial, lawsuits loom
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - In one of the more unusual scenes to play out at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial, the judge questioned Cosby under oath as jury deliberations wore on to be sure he knew the m...
Jun 17, 2017