Category Archives: CP_World
Lin-Manuel: Puerto Rican efforts making up for slow start
NEW YORK - Lin-Manuel Miranda’s next project is far away from Broadway, in a 35-mile-long stage. The artist is focused in helping Puerto Rico recover from the devastation Hurricane Maria has lef...
Nov 13, 2017
UK Scrabble group bans star player for breaking tile rule
LONDON - The Association of British Scrabble players banned one of its star players for three years after an independent investigation concluded that he had broken rules in the popular word game. Alla...
Nov 13, 2017
Ex-members say church uses power, lies to keep grip on kids
SPINDALE, N.C. - As a court-appointed advocate for two foster boys, it was Nancy Burnette’s job to ensure they were in good hands. So as part of her casework, she visited Word of Faith Fellowshi...
Nov 13, 2017
Music school to hold open forum after sex misconduct report
BOSTON - A prestigious music school in Boston will hold an open forum in the wake of an investigation that found the college allowed three male professors to quietly leave the school after students co...
Nov 13, 2017
Trump names former drug exec as new health secretary
WASHINGTON - Turning to an industry he’s rebuked, President Donald Trump on Monday picked a former top pharmaceutical and government executive to be his health and human services secretary, over...
Nov 13, 2017
Stalled in Congress, LGBT rights advance at the local level
At the U.S. Capitol and in most statehouses nationwide, supporters of LGBT rights are unable to make major gains these days. Instead, they’re notching victories in seemingly unlikely venues, suc...
Nov 13, 2017
Trump's handshake challenge: He grimaces, grins, grips
MANILA, Philippines - He grimaced. He grinned. He gripped. President Donald Trump is known for his long, at times aggressive, handshakes with world leaders. But at an international summit in the Phili...
Nov 13, 2017
Global carbon pollution rises after 3 straight flat years
WASHINGTON - Global carbon pollution rose this year after three straight years when levels of the heat-trapping gas didn’t go up at all, scientists reported Monday. Preliminary figures project t...
Nov 13, 2017
Colin Kaepernick named GQ magazine's citizen of the year
NEW YORK - Free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been named GQ’s magazine’s “Citizen of the Year” for his activism. Kaepernick began kneeling instead of standing during t...
Nov 13, 2017
Ex-tennis star Jelena Dokic: Father beat and spit at her
SYDNEY, Australia - Former tennis star Jelena Dokic says from a young age her father regularly beat and kicked her. He would pull her hair, spit in her face and belittle her with vile insults. Dokic, ...
Nov 13, 2017