Category Archives: CP_World
Mental health care worries linger 5 years after Sandy Hook
HARTFORD, Conn. - Anguished mothers with mentally ill children have sought out Liza Long for help ever since she wrote an essay, “I am Adam Lanza’s Mother,” comparing experiences wit...
Dec 13, 2017
Philippine Congress votes to extend martial law in south
MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Congress voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve President Rodrigo Duterte’s request to extend martial law in the south by a year after the military warned...
Dec 13, 2017
Gillibrand got a fight she wants after Trump's fiery tweet
WASHINGTON - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand got a fight she wants after President Donald Trump lashed out at the New York Democrat in a provocative tweet that claimed she’d begged him for campaign cont...
Dec 13, 2017
CNN says Anderson Cooper's Twitter account apparently hacked
NEW YORK - CNN says Anderson Cooper’s Twitter account was hacked after a since-removed tweet from his handle called the president a “tool” and a “pathetic loser” followin...
Dec 13, 2017
Here we go again: ABBA exhibition takes visitors back to 70s
LONDON - ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus says a new London exhibition about the Swedish pop group took him right back to the 1970s - and he realized some things haven’t changed. Abba: Super Troupers ...
Dec 13, 2017
AP Exclusive: Sold NKorean brides face hard choices in China
WESTERN LIAONING PROVINCE, China - The North Korean woman drives a motorbike slowly down a narrow lane shaded by tall corn to the farmhouse where she lives with the disabled Chinese man who bought her...
Dec 13, 2017
Under Putin, Russia increases clout in the Middle East
MOSCOW - When Russia launched a military campaign in Syria two years ago, President Vladimir Putin sought to save his ally from imminent collapse and break Russia’s international isolation over ...
Dec 13, 2017
Lawmaker: Callers posing as AP reporters spewed slurs
WASHINGTON - Two people posing as Associated Press reporters telephoned the office of a Democratic congresswoman Tuesday and spewed racial slurs, the lawmaker said. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) blamed sup...
Dec 13, 2017
Strong reactions to upcoming white nationalist college stop
CINCINNATI - The decision to allow white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak at the University of Cincinnati is generating strong reactions from the school community. The university announced in Octo...
Dec 13, 2017
Cheech Marin touts state tool for California pot businesses
LOS ANGELES - Comedian and legendary stoner Cheech Marin doesn’t want your pot business to go up in smoke. That’s why he’s in a new public service announcement publicizing a Californ...
Dec 13, 2017