Category Archives: CP_World
'Alternative facts' remark tops 2017 list of notable quotes
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The use of the term “alternative facts” by Kellyanne Conway, an adviser to President Donald Trump, tops a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quot...
Dec 12, 2017
Houston 18-year-old arrested on charges of trying to aid IS
HOUSTON - A Houston 18-year-old has been arrested and charged with illegally distributing explosive-making information and attempting to support the Islamic State organization. The U.S. Justice Depart...
Dec 12, 2017
Homeless in Rio skyrockets, creating tensions, violence
RIO DE JANEIRO - One night about a year ago, Leandro Mota Generoso was sleeping on a street in downtown Rio de Janeiro when he felt something jagged strike his face. Somebody - he didn’t see the...
Dec 12, 2017
Israel survey finds deep divisions, displeasure with leaders
JERUSALEM - With the prime minister facing a slew of corruption allegations, the peace process at a standstill and the government moving to stifle critics, it is no secret that Israel is a deeply pola...
Dec 12, 2017
Ex-US deserter to NKorea who married Japanese abductee dies
TOKYO - Charles Jenkins, a U.S. Army deserter to North Korea who married a Japanese abductee and lived in Japan after their release, has died. He was 77. Jenkins was found collapsed outside his home i...
Dec 12, 2017
'Univision' anchor Jorge Ramos writing book on immigration
NEW YORK - A Univision journalist who famously clashed with then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2015 has a book coming out about Trump and immigration. Publisher Vintage Books told ...
Dec 12, 2017
Oscar Pistorius bruised in a jail fight over telephone use
JOHANNESBURG - A South African prison spokesman says Olympian Oscar Pistorius, in jail for murdering his girlfriend, was bruised in an altercation with another inmate over telephone use. Singabakho Nx...
Dec 12, 2017
Alabama foes make final push before big Senate vote
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Facing voters at last after the year’s most bitter U.S. campaign, Alabama Republican Roy Moore cast himself Monday as the victim of a national barrage of unjust allegations of...
Dec 12, 2017
Merriam-Webster's word of the year for 2017: 'Feminism'
NEW YORK - This may or may not come as a surprise: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2017 is “feminism.” Yes, it’s been a big year or two or 100 for the word. In 2017, loo...
Dec 12, 2017
Pentagon to allow transgender people to enlist in military
WASHINGTON - Transgender recruits will be allowed to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, the Pentagon said Monday, as President Donald Trump’s ordered ban suffered more legal setbacks. The ...
Dec 11, 2017