Category Archives: CP_World
Panel approves new rules for transgender student athletes
ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. - Transgender high school athletes in New Jersey no longer need documentation to support their gender identity. The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association on Wednesda...
Nov 16, 2017
Trump urges 3 UCLA players to thank China leader for release
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump urged three suspended UCLA basketball players on Thursday to thank China’s president for their freedom after they shoplifted in China. The president’s s...
Nov 16, 2017
Agency: Improper wait list used for vets' mental health care
DENVER - A watchdog arm of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday that the agency’s Denver-area hospital violated policy by keeping improper wait lists to track veterans’ me...
Nov 16, 2017
After California shooting, residents seek police presence
RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. - Residents of a remote Northern California community terrorized by a mass shooting this week say they want more frequent patrols from sheriff’s deputies and expres...
Nov 16, 2017
Billionaire Berlusconi is spared big-bucks alimony to his ex
ROME - A Milan court has ruled that billionaire media magnate and former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi no longer must pay 1.4 million euros ($1.65 million) a month in alimony. Italian news reports...
Nov 16, 2017
Trump reverses ban on importing elephants killed as trophies
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration said it will allow the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for sport, contending that encouraging wealthy big-game hunters to kill them will aid...
Nov 16, 2017
Current events disrupt Showtime series on mass shootings
NEW YORK - It came as little surprise to producers, but Showtime’s about-to-conclude documentary series on mass shooting incidents was itself disrupted by mass shootings. Showtime cut back on re...
Nov 16, 2017
Officials identify victims in Atlanta concert shooting
ATLANTA - Officials have released the names of two men killed by gunfire at a rap concert in downtown Atlanta. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said Thursday that 21-year-old Ewell Yn...
Nov 16, 2017
Children quieted others at California school as gunman fired
RANCHO TEHAMA RESERVE, Calif. - Teacher Jennifer Bauman threw herself against a classroom door that wouldn’t lock right, terrified that the gunman shooting outside her small Northern California ...
Nov 16, 2017
House OKs GOP tax bill in Trump win; Senate fate less clear
WASHINGTON - Republicans rammed a near $1.5 trillion package overhauling corporate and personal taxes through the House on Thursday, edging President Donald Trump and the GOP toward their first big le...
Nov 16, 2017