Category Archives: World
The Latest: Trump budget slashes safety-net programs
WASHINGTON - The Latest on President Donald Trump’s budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 (all times local): 9 p.m. President Donald Trump is proposing a $4.1 trillion federal budget that ...
May 22, 2017
Lawsuit: Fyre music fest more 'Hunger Games' than Coachella
LOS ANGELES - Litigation is piling up like bonfire kindling against organizers of the Fyre Festival that flamed out in a fiasco. Angry participants had lashed out on social media with the hashtag #fyr...
May 22, 2017
The Latest: Macron pledges improved intelligence co-operation
MANCHESTER, England - The Latest on the blast at an Ariana Grande concert in northern England (all times local): 2:50 p.m. Pop group Take That says it is cancelling its show in Liverpool, northern Eng...
May 22, 2017
LA art dealer sentenced in theft from high-profile clients
LOS ANGELES - A former California art dealer has been sentenced to jail for stealing more than $1 million from owners of paintings, including former Disney executive Michael Ovitz. The Los Angeles Cou...
May 22, 2017
Man charged in scheme to sell paintings from $500M art heist
BOSTON - A West Virginia man tried to fetch millions for two oil paintings he did not have access to and falsely claimed were stolen in the largest art heist in U.S. history, federal authorities said ...
May 22, 2017
Trump seeks reconsideration of sanctuary cities ruling
SAN FRANCISCO - The Trump administration filed court papers Monday aimed at getting a judge to reconsider his ruling blocking the president’s executive order to cut funding from sanctuary cities...
May 22, 2017
Experts: Traveler should have drawn scrutiny before flight
LOS ANGELES - A man acted strangely long before he caused a disturbance on a plane that prompted fighter jets to accompany it to Hawaii, but a lack of communication and an airline’s hesitancy to...
May 22, 2017
Ethics office blasts Trump refusal to disclose lobby waivers
WASHINGTON - The message from a senator to the government ethics office: Use your authority to force the president to reveal how many waivers he’s granted to ex-lobbyists in his new administrati...
May 22, 2017
UK police say apparent suicide bomber responsible for blast
MANCHESTER, England - An apparent suicide bomber set off an improvised explosive device that killed 22 people at the end of an Ariana Grande concert, Manchester police said Tuesday. Police said dozens...
May 22, 2017
California botulism outbreak is rare case of deadly disease
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A deadly botulism outbreak linked to contaminated nacho-cheese dip sold in a California gas station is a rare case of the disease that can cause paralysis and death. The outbreak ...
May 22, 2017