Category Archives: CP_World

Utility bankruptcy could be costly to wildfire victims
SAN FRANCISCO - Faced with potentially ruinous lawsuits over California’s recent wildfires, Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in a move that could lead to ...
Jan 29, 2019

Midwest cities scramble to keep homeless from dangerous cold
BISMARCK, N.D. - Winter’s sharpest bite in years moved past painful into life-threatening territory Tuesday, prompting officials throughout the Midwest to take extraordinary measures to protect ...
Jan 29, 2019
Parkland shooting: Florida ex-sheriff challenges suspension
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Florida sheriff suspended this month by the governor and accused of failing to prevent a school shooting has requested a state Senate hearing. An attorney for ex-Broward County S...
Jan 29, 2019

UK leader seeks Brexit deal changes, but EU stands firm
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday won a few weeks to salvage a Brexit deal but headed toward a clash with the European Union by promising to overhaul the divorce agreement she spe...
Jan 29, 2019

China-US row over tech giant Huawei overshadows trade talks
BEIJING - U.S. criminal charges against Chinese electronics giant Huawei have sparked a fresh round of trans-Pacific recriminations, with Beijing demanding Tuesday that Washington back off what it cal...
Jan 29, 2019

President Trump dismisses tell-all book as 'made up stories'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is dismissing - and potentially bolstering sales of - a new tell-all book by a former White House aide, calling it “made up stories and fiction.” Cliff ...
Jan 29, 2019

Trump friend Roger Stone pleads not guilty in Russia probe
WASHINGTON - Roger Stone, a longtime adviser and confidant of President Donald Trump, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony charges in the Russia investigation after a publicity-filled few days spent s...
Jan 29, 2019

UN: More than 130 migrants appear to be missing off Djibouti
JOHANNESBURG - More than 130 migrants were thought to be missing after two boats capsized Tuesday off the tiny East African nation of Djibouti, the U.N. migration agency said. Local police had found f...
Jan 29, 2019

Weinstein lawyers argue against sex trafficking claim
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers said the movie mogul is not a sex trafficker, despite claims in a class-action lawsuit. The lawyers in a court filing late Monday urged U.S. District Judge ...
Jan 29, 2019

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow sued over Utah ski crash
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah man filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing actress Gwyneth Paltrow of seriously injuring him during ski crash at a Park City resort in 2016. Retired doctor Terry Sanderson said in th...
Jan 29, 2019