Category Archives: World
'Perfect Storm' ship about to become part of artificial reef
CAPE MAY, N.J. - The ship made famous in the book and subsequent film “The Perfect Storm” is about to be intentionally sunk off the New Jersey and Delaware coasts so it can become part of ...
May 10, 2017
DeVos compares school choice to switching phone carriers
SALT LAKE CITY - Education Secretary Betsy DeVos reiterated her push for school choice during an annual education technology conference in Utah Tuesday, comparing the issue to being able to switch bet...
May 09, 2017
Democrats once blamed Comey; now they're defending him
WASHINGTON - Starting with Hillary Clinton herself, Democrats have blamed James Comey for her loss to President Donald Trump. And yet when Trump fired the FBI director Tuesday, those same Democrats ru...
May 09, 2017
Friends, foes of national monument jockey for Zinke's ear
MONTICELLO, Utah - Fifth-generation Utah rancher Bruce Adams enjoyed a prime seat next to U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke as he toured a national monument created on land in Utah that Adams’ ...
May 09, 2017
1 arrested after brawl aboard Southwest jet during deplaning
BURBANK, Calif. - One person was arrested after a brawl erupted aboard a Southwest Airlines jet deplaning in Burbank after arriving from Dallas. A statement Tuesday from the Dallas-based air carrier s...
May 09, 2017
Harvard releases 1937 recording of young John F. Kennedy
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The voice of a young John F. Kennedy can be heard on what Harvard University believes is the earliest known recording of the late president. WBUR-FM reports (http://wbur.fm/2q45QmL ...
May 09, 2017
Palestinians stay on hunger strike despite snacking claims
JERUSALEM - More than 880 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel remained on a hunger strike Tuesday, the 23rd day of their protest - a number that was about the same as before the release of a video th...
May 09, 2017
FBI chief known for judgment calls is done in by turmoil
WASHINGTON - There was a time when doing the right thing seemed pretty simple to James Comey, the FBI director whom President Donald Trump fired on Tuesday. “There’s right, and there’...
May 09, 2017
Trump to meet top Russian diplomat at the White House
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will meet Wednesday with Vladimir Putin’s top diplomat at the White House on Wednesday, the White House said, marking the highest level, face-to-face contact ...
May 09, 2017
Texas votes to give immigration lockups child care licenses
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas lawmakers are advancing a proposal to license family immigrant detention centres as child care providers. The state Senate voted 20-11 Tuesday to give preliminary approval to a b...
May 09, 2017