Category Archives: CP_World
Schiff to AP: Trump a graver threat than Russian meddling
WASHINGTON - The House’s top Democrat investigating Russia’s election meddling on Tuesday declared that in many ways President Donald Trump is “far more grave a threat” to Amer...
Nov 07, 2017
FEMA rethinking ban on disaster aid to church buildings
When disaster strikes, houses of worship are often on the front lines, feeding and sheltering victims. Yet churches, synagogues and mosques are routinely denied aid by the Federal Emergency Management...
Nov 07, 2017
Ex-jail union boss's lawyer: Star witness was unbelievable
NEW YORK - Jurors in the trial of New York City’s ex-jail guard union boss will begin deliberations Wednesday after a full day of closing arguments Tuesday left them with widely varying takes on...
Nov 07, 2017
AP Explains: Why smartphones are giving the police fits
BOSTON - The phone used by the gunman who fatally shot 26 people inside a small Texas church has become the latest flashpoint in the privacy wars. Federal investigators complain that they can’t ...
Nov 07, 2017
Waymo rolls out autonomous vans without human drivers
DETROIT - A self-driving car company created by Google is pulling the human backup driver from behind the steering wheel and will test vehicles on public roads with only an employee in the back seat. ...
Nov 07, 2017
Foes of Obama oil-gas rule ask court to reconsider ruling
DENVER - Opponents of some Obama-era oil and gas regulations say a decision by a federal appeals court in Denver could allow those rules to go into effect temporarily, even though the Trump administra...
Nov 07, 2017
Nightclub, celebrity chef restaurants among Palms overhaul
LAS VEGAS - The overhaul of the Palms hotel-casino in Las Vegas now also includes new nightlife offerings, as well as celebrity chef restaurants. Parent company Station Casinos on Tuesday announced an...
Nov 07, 2017
Anti-gay-marriage clerk to seek re-election
FRANKFORT, Ky. - The Kentucky county clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples will run for re-election in 2018, facing voters for the first time since her protest again...
Nov 07, 2017
Cat long thought dead found alive 120 miles away
KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - A cat missing for more than a year has been reunited with his owner 120 miles (193.11 kilometres) from their Maine home. Kennebunkport resident George Lichte says he believed hi...
Nov 07, 2017
Pennsylvania State Police trooper shot during traffic stop
FOUNTAIN HILL, Pa. - A Pennsylvania State Police corporal clung to life Tuesday after he was shot three times during a gunfight with a motorist he’d tried to arrest for driving under the influen...
Nov 07, 2017