Category Archives: World
Malaysia Airlines jet diverted in Australia over bomb scare
CANBERRA, Australia - A Malaysia Airlines plane returned to Australia after a mentally ill passenger threatened to detonate a bomb and attempted to enter the cockpit before he was tackled and tied up ...
Jun 02, 2017
Tweet That: #covfefe signals @realDonaldTrump is back
WASHINGTON - Covfefe (cuv-fey-fey) noun: A sure sign that President Donald Trump has regained control of his Twitter account. For more than a week, the tweets from @realDonaldTrump were, well, boring....
Jun 02, 2017
Train stabbing survivor: Portland has 'white saviour complex'
PORTLAND, Ore. - A man who was stabbed in the neck while trying to stop a man from shouting anti-Muslim insults at two young women on a Portland, Oregon, light-rail train said Wednesday that the city ...
Jun 02, 2017
Clinton quip on 'covfefe': It was a message to the Russians
LOS ANGELES - Hillary Clinton has a hunch about President Donald Trump and his mysterious tweet about “covfefe.” “I thought it was a hidden message to the Russians,” the 2016 D...
Jun 02, 2017
Analysts: Leaving climate deal likely wouldn't add US jobs
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has declared that abandoning the Paris climate agreement would be a victory for the American economy. Many economists have big doubts. They say the agreement would ...
Jun 02, 2017
Oregon governor signs transgender equity bill into law
SALEM, Ore. - Gov. Kate Brown has signed a bill that will make it easier for transgender people in Oregon to shield any updates they make to their birth certificates, a process typically conducted thr...
Jun 02, 2017
Chloe Grace Moretz apologizes for ad accused of body shaming
LOS ANGELES - Actress Chloe Grace Moretz and the creators of her upcoming animated film apologized Wednesday after promotional materials were criticized of body shaming women. Moretz, 20, wrote on Twi...
Jun 02, 2017
Puerto Rico governor protects pensions, promises tax breaks
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico’s governor unveiled a budget Wednesday that prioritizes pension payments for tens of thousands of retired government workers who depend on a public pension sy...
Jun 02, 2017
New police bodycam video released from nightclub massacre
ORLANDO, Fla. - Newly-released video from bodycams on officers responding to a mass shooting at a Florida gay nightclub shows shattered glass inside the club, the sounds of automatic gunfire and an of...
Jun 02, 2017
Doughnut delivery by drone in Denver is a peek at the future
DENVER - Doughnuts were delivered Wednesday by drone to Denver’s mayor and the city’s police and fire departments in an event that provided a glimpse into what companies hope will be a qui...
Jun 02, 2017