Category Archives: World
Correction: Immigration Protection-Haiti story
WASHINGTON - In a story May 22 about US extending a humanitarian program for Haitians , The Associated Press reported erroneously that Omarosa Manigault said the president was “making his promis...
May 22, 2017
Trump: Israelis and Arabs share 'common cause' against Iran
JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump opened his first visit to Israel Monday, saying he sees growing recognition among Muslim nations that they share a “common cause” with Israel in their de...
May 22, 2017
Used clothing store gets surprise donation of marijuana
MAPLEWOOD, Minn. - Someone apparently inadvertently donated more than 100 grams of marijuana when they dropped off some used children’s clothes a suburban Minneapolis shop. The Argus Leader repo...
May 22, 2017
Mark Zuckerberg says he's not running for public office
NEWPORT, R.I. - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his quest this year to visit every state he hadn’t before is about building relationships, not politics. The 33-year-old billionaire wrote in a ...
May 22, 2017
Greece falls short in efforts to secure deal with creditors
BRUSSELS - Greece and its European creditors failed to clinch a deal Monday that would have seen the cash-strapped country get its next batch of bailout loans and secure an agreement on the sort of de...
May 22, 2017
3 white men, 2 white women picked for Bill Cosby jury so far
PITTSBURGH - The panel that will decide Bill Cosby’s fate in his sex assault trial began to take shape Monday with the selection of five jurors, three white men and two white women. The search f...
May 22, 2017
Bevy of bobcats: Thriving animals poised as next urban pest
CONCORD, N.H. - As someone who has studied bobcats for almost four decades, wildlife ecologist John Litvaitis remembers many times returning from the field without spotting a single one of these solit...
May 22, 2017
1 killed, 7 hurt after vehicle hits bull on Kansas highway
DODGE CITY, Kan. - The Kansas Highway Patrol says one person was killed and seven others were injured when a driver hit a bull standing in the highway. The patrol says 66-year-old Alma Bencomo, of Dod...
May 22, 2017
Woman trying to buy birthday card trapped inside CVS
TITUSVILLE, Fla. - A woman trying to buy a birthday card called police when she was accidentally barricaded inside a CVS store in central Florida. Lillian Rimmel stopped at a Titusville CVS at 9:50 p....
May 22, 2017
Texas set to pass transgender bathroom law for schools
AUSTIN, Texas - A transgender “bathroom bill” reminiscent of one in North Carolina that caused a national uproar now appears to be on a fast-track to becoming law in Texas, though it may o...
May 22, 2017