Category Archives: CP_World
Froome found to have double the legal limit of asthma drug
PARIS - Chris Froome failed a doping test during the Spanish Vuelta in September and is facing a suspension from cycling ahead of his attempt to win a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title next y...
Dec 13, 2017
GOP says it's got a deal on taxes; cuts coming for next year
WASHINGTON - Confident congressional Republicans forged an agreement Wednesday on a major overhaul of the nation’s tax laws that would provide generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthie...
Dec 13, 2017
Bombing underscores New York subway system's vulnerability
NEW YORK - The crude pipe bomb that exploded beneath the streets of New York this week served as a chilling reminder of the vulnerability of the city’s subway system, a 24-hour-a-day operation w...
Dec 13, 2017
Fed rate increase is 3rd this year; foresees 3 more in 2018
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve is raising its key interest rate for the third time this year and foresees three additional hikes in 2018, a vote of confidence that the U.S. economy remains on solid ...
Dec 13, 2017
Gossip editors face HR training after harassment allegations
NEW YORK - The company that publishes Us Weekly, the National Enquirer and other gossip publications is hiring outside human resources experts to train its managers in “sexual harassment prevent...
Dec 13, 2017
North Carolina police officer indicted in pedestrian death
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A grand jury has indicted a North Carolina police officer whose vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian while responding to a call. The Charlotte Observer reports Charlotte-Mecklenbur...
Dec 13, 2017
Addiction, mental illness complicate help for the homeless
EVERETT, Wash. - This is the lesson that the working-class city of Everett has learned: It takes a community to rescue the hardcore homeless. It takes teams of outreach workers - building relationship...
Dec 13, 2017
Correction: Roman Polanski story
LOS ANGELES - In a story Dec. 12 about Roman Polanski, The Associated Press reported erroneously that he is a native of Poland. Polanski was born in France and moved to Poland as a young child with hi...
Dec 13, 2017
Ex-polygamous sect leader gets nearly 5 years in fraud case
SALT LAKE CITY - A former polygamous sect leader was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in prison for his role in carrying out an elaborate food stamp fraud scheme and for escaping home confinem...
Dec 13, 2017
Autopsy shows 2-year-old boy's death a homicide
CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire authorities say an autopsy of a 2-year-old boy who died under suspicious circumstances shows his death was a homicide. The autopsy also has revealed that the boy’s ...
Dec 13, 2017