Category Archives: World
AP Explains: How lawmakers get their health care
WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain, a former Navy pilot who at 80 has had several health setbacks, gets his coverage from the Department of Veterans Affairs. House leaders, like Speaker Paul Rya...
May 15, 2017
AP Explains: North Korea missile test is huge step forward
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test may be nearly as big a deal as the country’s propaganda machine claims. Although outside experts see several places ...
May 15, 2017
The new Vegas namaste: Yoga on a Ferris wheel, near dolphins
LAS VEGAS - Surrounded by imposing Las Vegas hotel-casinos in the foreground and desert mountains in the background, the group breathed deeply and loudly as an instructor guided them through their pos...
May 15, 2017
School sex complaints to federal agency rise - and languish
HOUSTON - Hector and Itza Ayala sat in a conference room at Houston’s prestigious high school for the performing arts, clutching a document they hoped would force administrators to investigate t...
May 15, 2017
Schools face vexing test: Which kids will sexually attack?
The children who sexually assault other children may be the popular jocks, the loners or anyone in between. There is no typical attacker, no way for schools to predict who might inflict that kind of t...
May 15, 2017
Erdogan visits Trump, amid much friction between US, Turkey
WASHINGTON - The United States is on a collision course with its NATO ally Turkey, pushing ahead with arming Syrian Kurds after deciding the immediate objective of defeating Islamic State militants ou...
May 15, 2017
US homebuilder sentiment climbs higher in May
U.S. homebuilders are feeling more optimistic about their business prospects, reflecting a recent surge in sales of newly built homes and a lingering shortage of previously occupied homes on the marke...
May 15, 2017
British WWII veteran, 101, breaks skydiving record
LONDON - A 101-year-old D-Day veteran has become the oldest person in the world to skydive. Bryson William Verdun Hayes completed a tandem skydive from 15,000 feet (4,500 metres) with members of his e...
May 15, 2017
Phillies beer vendor no longer shouting Brando-esqe Stella!
PHILADELPHIA - A beer vendor at Philadelphia Phillies games no longer sounds like Marlon Brando in “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Tom McGee tells KYW-TV (http://cbsloc.al/2rhtPOG ) that he ha...
May 15, 2017
Tehran's mayor drops out of Iran election to back hard-liner
TEHRAN, Iran - Tehran’s conservative mayor dropped out of Iran’s presidential election on Monday to back a hard-liner believed to be close to the country’s supreme leader, consolidat...
May 15, 2017