Category Archives: CP_World
UN to vote on rival resolutions on chemical weapons in Syria
The United States is calling for a vote Thursday on a resolution to extend the mandate of experts trying to determine who was responsible for chemical attacks in Syria, a measure that is likely to fac...
Nov 15, 2017
Pence praises GOP 'momentum,' but some governors may be wary
AUSTIN, Texas - Vice-President Mike Pence told a gathering of Republican governors Wednesday “we’ve got real momentum,” despite stinging electoral defeats last week in Virginia and N...
Nov 15, 2017
Ex-Catalan leader to head campaign for election from Belgium
BARCELONA, Spain - The fugitive leader of Catalonia’s secessionist movement said Wednesday that he will repeat as his party’s leading candidate in upcoming elections for the Spanish region...
Nov 15, 2017
Fallout continues for Weinstein and his former company
LOS ANGELES - Fallout from sexual harassment and abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein continued Wednesday as the disgraced producer was hit with a new lawsuit, lost an honorary degree and his fo...
Nov 15, 2017
Transgender woman sues over placement in male prison
BOSTON - A transgender woman behind bars at an all-male prison in Massachusetts filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force the state to transfer her to a women’s facility, saying she is ...
Nov 15, 2017
Thousands mourn 8 family members killed in Texas church
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas - Three thousand people mourned eight members of a family who were among the more than two dozen killed in a shooting at a small Texas church Wednesday before the funeral pro...
Nov 15, 2017
Polygamous town elects first mayor who's not part of sect
SALT LAKE CITY - A polygamous group’s dwindling control of a remote Utah-Arizona border town that it has called home for a century slipped further after four people not tied to the sect took ove...
Nov 15, 2017
Despite 7 women's statements, Bush unlikely to be prosecuted
HOUSTON - Allegations that former President George H.W. Bush inappropriately touched seven women involve potential crimes punishable by fines or jail time, if they had been prosecuted. All but one of ...
Nov 15, 2017
Indicted Maryland legislator charged with tipping off target
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A Maryland state senator already indicted on charges that he accepted illegal payments while using the word “lollipop” as a code for every $1,000 he expected to collect wa...
Nov 15, 2017
Documents: US Steel sought to keep chemical spill secret
PORTAGE, Ind. - Environmentalists are questioning why the public wasn’t notified about an October chemical spill into a Lake Michigan tributary that U.S. Steel asked Indiana regulators to keep c...
Nov 15, 2017