Category Archives: CP_World

Walking beaches, volunteers amass data on dead seabirds
OCEAN SHORES, Wash. - Barbara Patton scans the expansive beach on Washington’s outer coast looking for telltale signs of dead seabirds: a feather sticking straight up, dark colours in the sand, ...
Nov 08, 2017

Alford to sit 3 players reportedly involved in shoplifting
BEIJING - UCLA basketball coach Steve Alford will sit the three players reportedly involved in a shoplifting incident in China for Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech in Shanghai. Alford, howev...
Nov 08, 2017

Swiss prosecutors won't pursue Polanski rape case
GENEVA - Swiss prosecutors say they won’t pursue an investigation of Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski over allegations by a German woman that he raped her when she was a teenager 45 years a...
Nov 08, 2017

"Hamilton" creator visits Puerto Rico, announces $2.5M fund
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda made sandwiches, took selfies and announced a partnership with a non-profit group for a $2.5 million hurricane recovery fund d...
Nov 08, 2017
NJ politician who posted Confederate flag picture re-elected
FRANKLIN, N.J. - A New Jersey lawmaker who was heavily criticized for sharing a picture of himself standing by a Confederate flag has won re-election. Republican Assemblyman Parker Space and Hal Wirth...
Nov 08, 2017

British royals' visit to India clouded by leaked finances
NEW DELHI - Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, have begun a two-day visit to the smog-choked Indian capital as leaked documents about his own financial deali...
Nov 08, 2017
Romance novel model pleads guilty to bank robbery
HARTFORD, Conn. - A romance novel cover model from California has pleaded guilty to robbing a bank and a convenience store in Connecticut. The Greenwich Time reports 35-year-old David Byers, of San Di...
Nov 08, 2017
US, Chinese companies sign contracts during Trump visit
BEIJING - U.S. and Chinese companies on Wednesday signed business deals the two sides valued at $9 billion during a visit by President Donald Trump in a tradition aimed at blunting criticism of Beijin...
Nov 08, 2017

North Korea, trade deficit top Trump's agenda in China
BEIJING - The standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons and demands that China do more to balance trade with America will dominate President Donald Trump’s agenda in Beijing. Trump’...
Nov 08, 2017

The Latest: Trump, Xi having tea at start of China visit
BEIJING - The Latest on President Donald Trump’s trip to Asia (all times local): 3:50 p.m. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) are having tea at the start o...
Nov 07, 2017