Category Archives: CP_World

Bruno Mars puts on stellar concert show ahead of Super Bowl
ATLANTA - Bruno Mars may have wrapped up his massive “24K Magic World Tour” last year, but the singer gave one more glimpse into his stellar show the night before the Super Bowl. It seemed...
Feb 03, 2019
Heavy snow in Germany forces World Cup race to be cancelled
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Heavy snow in Germany has forced organizers to cancel the last World Cup skiing race before the world championships. Organizers on Sunday called off a men’s gia...
Feb 03, 2019

Powerful storm hits Southern California, flooding highways
LOS ANGELES - The second in a string of powerful storms battered California on Saturday, shutting key highways after water and mud rushed into lanes from bare hillsides in wildfire burn areas where th...
Feb 02, 2019

Racist yearbook photo becomes a test for 2020 Democrats
A racist photo tied to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam spurred the first major test for how Democratic presidential hopefuls will address racial tensions that have polarized American life. Nearly every ma...
Feb 02, 2019

Trump is latest to give State of Union in time of turmoil
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is the latest chief executive to deliver a State of the Union address at a time of turmoil. But others may have had it even worse. Abraham Lincoln delivered a writt...
Feb 02, 2019

Gates hopes to enlighten Americans about Reconstruction
PASADENA, Calif. - Historian Henry Louis Gates can trace the roots of his upcoming PBS documentary about the Reconstruction to his days in school, when he’d hear about the end of slavery during ...
Feb 02, 2019

Deadly Brazil dam collapse was disaster waiting to happen
SAO PAULO - Lax regulations, chronic short staffing and a law that muffled the voices of environmentalists on mining licenses made the devastating collapse of a dam in southeastern Brazil all but dest...
Feb 02, 2019

Russia to pull plug on nuclear arms pact after US does same
MOSCOW - Following in the footsteps of the U.S., Russia will abandon a centerpiece nuclear arms treaty but will only deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles if Washington does so, President Vladimi...
Feb 02, 2019

Central African Republic, 14 armed groups reach peace deal
JOHANNESBURG - A peace deal has been reached between the Central African Republic government and 14 armed groups after their first-ever direct dialogue aimed at ending years of conflict, the United Na...
Feb 02, 2019

Virginia Democrat says Northam won't resign
RICHMOND, Va. - A Virginia Democrat who has spoken with Gov. Ralph Northam has told The Associated Press that the governor now does not believe he was in a racist picture in his 1984 medical yearbook ...
Feb 02, 2019