Category Archives: CP_World
Trump, Putin discuss Syria, NKorea, more in hour-plus call
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin discussed efforts to bring peace to war-torn Syria during an hour-plus phone call on Tuesday. Iran, North Korea and Ukraine also w...
Nov 21, 2017
Jury weighing fate of suspect in San Francisco pier killing
SAN FRANCISCO - Jurors on Tuesday started weighing the fate of a Mexican man who was in the United States illegally when he shot a woman on a San Francisco pier in a killing that stirred up another fi...
Nov 21, 2017
Hulu sued for not offering audio service for blind customers
BOSTON - Advocacy groups have sued Hulu in an effort to force the subscription streaming service to provide an audio track that helps people who are blind or visually impaired enjoy TV shows and movie...
Nov 21, 2017
Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe's president after 37 years
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, who once vowed to rule for life, resigned on Tuesday, succumbing to a week of overwhelming pressure from the military that put him under ho...
Nov 21, 2017
Activists file lawsuit challenging Trump immigration changes
FALLS CHURCH, Va. - Nurimaro Park, 26, is one of about 800,000 people who had benefited from an Obama-era program that extended protections to immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. as children. Whi...
Nov 21, 2017
Nations decide to increase quota for Atlantic Bluefin tuna
MARRAKECH, Morocco - Countries fishing the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean agreed Tuesday to expand the annual quota for prized Bluefin tuna to reflect an improvement in their stocks. Environme...
Nov 21, 2017
Big Tobacco's anti-smoking ads begin after decade of delay
WASHINGTON - Decades after they were banned from the airwaves, Big Tobacco companies return to prime-time television this weekend - but not by choice. Under court order, the tobacco industry for the f...
Nov 21, 2017
First trial of many begins for inauguration day protests
WASHINGTON - Eleven months after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, trials have begun for the more than 160 people arrested during violent anti-Trump protests in Washington on Inauguration Da...
Nov 21, 2017
Trump pardons Thanksgiving turkeys Drumstick and Wishbone
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump wielded his pardon power Tuesday to spare a pair of turkeys from the Thanksgiving roaster, joking that he would also let last year’s turkey pardons stand desp...
Nov 21, 2017
On surprise Russia trip, Assad and Putin talk post-war Syria
MOSCOW - On a surprise trip to Russia, Syria’s Bashar Assad discussed potential new peace initiatives for post-war Syria with Russian President Vladimir Putin who declared that Russia’s tw...
Nov 21, 2017