Category Archives: CP_World
Virginia police chief retires after criticism over rally
The first African-American police chief of Charlottesville, Virginia, abruptly retired Monday, about two weeks after a scathing independent review criticized his “slow-footed response” to ...
Dec 18, 2017
Airlines inch back to normalcy after airport blackout
ATLANTA - The nation’s air-travel system struggled to get back on schedule and re-book stranded passengers Monday after a fire and blackout at the world’s busiest airport forced the cancel...
Dec 18, 2017
Trump administration blames NKorea for big ransomware attack
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s administration is publicly blaming North Korea for a ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide in May and crippled parts ...
Dec 18, 2017
Judge rules in favour of 2 immigrant teens who want abortions
WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Monday ordered President Donald Trump’s administration to allow two pregnant immigrant teenagers in U.S. custody to obtain abortions. U.S. District Judge Tanya Ch...
Dec 18, 2017
Massive Southern California wildfire now halfway contained
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters took advantage of calm winds in Southern California to reach 50 per cent containment of a massive wildfire, officials said. “We’ve had a very productive day,R...
Dec 18, 2017
House GOP unveils $81B disaster relief for hurricanes, fires
WASHINGTON - House Republicans on Monday unveiled an $81 billion disaster aid package to help hurricane-ravaged communities and states hit by wildfires, almost double the amount requested by President...
Dec 18, 2017
Amtrak train derailed on new, faster route that drew concern
SEATTLE - A community along the new rail line where an Amtrak train derailed Monday in a deadly crash had tried to stop the project on grounds higher-speed passenger trains would endanger pedestrians ...
Dec 18, 2017
'Glee' actor Mark Salling pleads guilty in child porn case
LOS ANGELES - Former “Glee” star Mark Salling has pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Salling entered the plea in a downtown Los Angeles federal court on Monday and is sched...
Dec 18, 2017
US vetoes UN resolution against Trump's Jerusalem decision
The United States on Monday vetoed a resolution supported by the 14 other U.N. Security Council members that would have required President Donald Trump to rescind his declaration of Jerusalem as the c...
Dec 18, 2017
Fire officials say lit menorah sparked fatal Hanukkah blaze
NEW YORK - A fire that roared through a Brooklyn home on the sixth night of Hanukkah, killing a mother and her three young children, was touched off by the family’s menorah, fire officials said....
Dec 18, 2017