Category Archives: World

MEXICO CITY - The remnants of Tropical Storm Calvin dissipated over the mountains of southern Mexico Tuesday, dumping more rain over areas already soaked earlier this month by Tropical Storm Beatriz. ...

AVON, Conn. - A newlywed couple had no problem saying “I do” a second time, when Connecticut firefighters asked them if they wanted a ride to their reception after their bus was disabled b...

SALT LAKE CITY - In a story June 13 about the national monuments review, The Associated Press reported erroneously the year the Antiquities Act was passed. It was enacted in 1906, not 1908. A correcte...

NEW YORK - The Public Theater is refusing to back down after backlash over its production of “Julius Caesar” that portrays a Donald Trump-like dictator in a business suit with a long tie w...

SEATTLE - Starbucks has teamed up with Lady Gaga for a set of brightly coloured summer drinks that will raise money for the singer’s foundation. The “Cups of Kindness” campaign begin...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. budget deficit rose to $88.4 billion in May from $53 billion a year earlier, as government spending in areas such as Medicaid and defence rose at a faster pace than revenue. Rece...

HELENA, Mont. - Congressman-elect Greg Gianforte avoided jail time after pleading guilty Monday to an election-eve assault on a reporter that turned the race for Montana’s lone U.S. House seat i...

SEATTLE - Another U.S. appeals court stomped on President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban Monday, saying the administration violated federal immigration law and failed to provide a valid reaso...

WASHINGTON - Lawyers for Hawaii told the Supreme Court Monday that letting the Trump administration enforce a ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries would “thrust the country back into t...

WASHINGTON - James who? President Donald Trump contended in recent days that he didn’t know his FBI chief, James Comey, well enough to lean on him for his loyalty. That was one of a number of cl...