Category Archives: CP_World
Navajo Nation sues Wells Fargo for alleged predatory tactics
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - The Navajo Nation announced Tuesday that it’s suing Wells Fargo for allegedly engaging in predatory and unlawful banking practices that targeted and harmed tribal members. I...
Dec 12, 2017
Lawyers clash over impact of Trump's rules on birth control
OAKLAND, Calif. - Lawyers for California and the U.S. Department of Justice clashed in court Tuesday over whether new rules from President Donald Trump’s administration would dramatically reduce...
Dec 12, 2017
San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee leaves behind city in turmoil
SAN FRANCISCO - Under Mayor Ed Lee’s seven-year watch, San Francisco went from a city mired in recession to a technology-fueled economic powerhouse where housing costs skyrocketed and the chasm ...
Dec 12, 2017
Terfel, like others, exits troubled Met Opera 'Tosca'
NEW YORK - The Metropolitan Opera could retitle its troubled new production of Puccini’s “Tosca,” calling it “And Then There Were None.” Bass-baritone Bryn Terfel has wit...
Dec 12, 2017
US Sen. Elizabeth Warren gets 2nd turn as comic book hero
BOSTON - All comic book heroes need a sequel - even U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. The Massachusetts Democrat was the focus last year of a 22-page comic titled “Female Force: Elizabeth Warren,̶...
Dec 12, 2017
Kaepernick's visit to jail draws rebuke from guards' union
NEW YORK - A visit by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick (KAP’-ur-nihk) to New York’s Rikers Island jail facility has drawn a rebuke from the union representing city c...
Dec 12, 2017
Freed prisoner witnessed radicalization in Egyptian jails
DUBLIN - An Irish citizen recently acquitted after four years of being imprisoned in Egypt says he saw dozens of cellmates become radicalized and adopt views of the Islamic State group during his brut...
Dec 12, 2017
Man who pretended to be Miley Cyrus' brother gets 6 years
CONCORD, N.H. - Authorities say a New Hampshire man who pretended to be Miley Cyrus’ brother to entice a 14-year-old boy to send him sexually explicit photos and videos online has been sentenced...
Dec 12, 2017
Tax package would lower top tax rate for wealthy Americans
WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans on Tuesday rushed toward a deal on a massive tax package that would reduce the top tax rate for wealthy Americans to 37 per cent and slash the corporate rate to ...
Dec 12, 2017
Mom who posted video of bullied son denies being racist
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee woman who posted a video of her tearful son recounting being bullied at school has appeared on national media outlets to deflect accusations of racism. Kimberly Jones to...
Dec 12, 2017