Category Archives: World
'Pantsuit Nation' book seeks to tap energy of Facebook group
The pro-Hillary Clinton Facebook group “Pantsuit Nation” has nearly 4 million members - and now there’s a book, too. “Pantsuit Nation” seeks to tap into the energy of the...
May 16, 2017
Playboy centerfold model loses bid to dismiss gym photo case
LOS ANGELES - A Playboy model lost an effort to dismiss a criminal charge for taking a photo of a naked 71-year-old woman at a gym and posting it on social media with disparaging remarks about the wom...
May 16, 2017
6 children hurt during preschool science experiment in Texas
Houston-area fire officials say six children have been hurt during a science experiment that caused a small blaze at a preschool. The experiment was being conducted Tuesday outside the Yellow School i...
May 16, 2017
Healthy teen dies of heart problems after too much caffeine
COLUMBIA, S.C. - A coroner says a healthy 16-year-old South Carolina high school student died from heart problems after drinking too much caffeine. Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said Monday that ...
May 16, 2017
McDonald's pulls UK ad that upset bereavement groups
LONDON - McDonald’s has pulled a British television ad that was accused of using child bereavement to sell fast food. The ad shows a boy talking to his mother about his late father and wondering...
May 16, 2017
Progress reducing US uninsured rate comes to a halt
WASHINGTON - Five years of progress reducing the number of Americans without health insurance has come to a halt, according to a government report out Tuesday. More than a factoid, it shows the stakes...
May 16, 2017
White House: Blame cyberattack on hackers, not spy agencies
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s homeland security adviser has a message to those blaming U.S. intelligence agencies for the cyberattack encircling the globe: Don’t point a finger at ...
May 16, 2017
Grisly 24-hour period leaves 4 dead in Venezuela unrest
CARACAS, Venezuela - Business owners shuttered shops, a burned police station stood charred black and a state officer in western Venezuela was under arrest Tuesday following a spasm of violence that r...
May 16, 2017
El Daily Stormer: Neo-Nazi website is now in Spanish, too
How does a leading neo-Nazi website that has railed against Hispanic immigrants expand its audience beyond a loyal base of U.S. white supremacists? By publishing a Spanish-language edition, of course....
May 16, 2017
Terrorist or hero? Puerto Rican nationalist to be freed
NEW YORK - Oscar Lopez Rivera, the Puerto Rican nationalist who spent more than three decades behind bars for his role in a violent struggle for independence from the U.S., will be celebrated as a her...
May 16, 2017