Category Archives: CP_World
Investors leave Venezuela meeting with no clear insight
CARACAS, Venezuela - Foreign investors walked a red carpet at a state palace Monday eager to hear strategies for reorganizing Venezuela’s billions in debt, but they left minutes later having lea...
Nov 13, 2017
EU bans arms sales to Venezuela, takes aim at officials
BRUSSELS - The European Union on Monday banned arms sales to Venezuela and set up a system to slap asset freezes and travel restrictions on Venezuelan officials as it sought to ramp up pressure on Pre...
Nov 13, 2017
Hate crimes rose for 2nd year in a row in 2016, FBI reports
WASHINGTON - Hate crimes rose for the second straight year in 2016, with increases in attacks motivated by bias against blacks, Jews, Muslims and LGBT people, according to FBI statistics released Mond...
Nov 13, 2017
North Korea says US carrier groups raise nuclear war threat
North Korea warned Monday that the unprecedented deployment of three U.S. aircraft carrier groups “taking up a strike posture” around the Korean peninsula is making it impossible to predic...
Nov 13, 2017
Arrivederci Italy: Azzurri lose World Cup playoff to Sweden
MILAN - Players from both teams slumped to the ground. The Swedes in exhausted ecstasy, the Italians in losers’ agony. On a starry night in Milan, four-time champion Italy failed to qualify for ...
Nov 13, 2017
US calls Venezuela a global threat at a meeting some boycott
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley called Venezuela “an increasingly violent narco-state” that threatens the world, speaking Monday at an informal Security Council meeting on the South American n...
Nov 13, 2017
Prosecutor: Suspected serial killer facing murder charges
BATON ROUGE, La. - A suspected serial killer was indicted Monday on murder charges in a string of shootings that killed three men and wounded a fourth. A grand jury indicted Ryan Sharpe, 36, on charge...
Nov 13, 2017
Pot-friendly San Francisco fights over recreational cannabis
SAN FRANCISCO - Famously pro-cannabis San Francisco, where the 4/20 marijuana holiday is celebrated with a group smoke-out on Hippie Hill, is having a surprisingly difficult time establishing regulati...
Nov 13, 2017
Ex-Army reservist admits stealing many guns, escaping prison
BOSTON - A former Army reservist has pleaded guilty to stealing guns from an Army Reserve facility in Massachusetts, escaping from a Rhode Island prison and trying to rob two banks. James Morales plea...
Nov 13, 2017
Former Louis C.K. manager apologizes for 'not listening'
LOS ANGELES - Louis C.K.’s longtime manager is apologizing for not taking complaints of his client’s sexual misconduct more seriously. Dave Becky says in a lengthy statement Monday that he...
Nov 13, 2017