Category Archives: CP_World

Philippines arrests, hands over to China corruption fugitive
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine officials have turned over to China a former government official wanted for alleged economic crime and corruption. Xie Haojie (SHEE’-ye hao-JEE’-ye) was ar...
Jan 16, 2019

Trump's attorney general nominee: 'I will not be bullied'
WASHINGTON - Vowing “I will not be bullied,” President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general asserted independence from the White House on Tuesday, saying he believed that Russ...
Jan 15, 2019

UK's May faces no-confidence vote after Brexit plan crushed
LONDON - British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confid...
Jan 15, 2019

Complaint in Closs case could be road map for prosecution
MINNEAPOLIS - The criminal complaint charging a Wisconsin man with abducting 13-year-old Jayme Closs and killing her parents laid out the case in detail and offered a possible road map for how prosecu...
Jan 15, 2019

Former major leaguer Wetteland charged with child sex abuse
DENTON, Texas - John Wetteland, a former All-Star and World Series MVP, has been charged in Texas with continuous sex abuse of a child under age 14. Wetteland, 52, was arrested Monday and freed on $25...
Jan 15, 2019

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand jumps into 2020 presidential race
NEW YORK - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand entered the growing field of 2020 Democratic presidential contenders Tuesday, telling television host Stephen Colbert that she’s launching an exploratory commi...
Jan 15, 2019

Drug trafficker tells of bribe to ex-president of Mexico
NEW YORK - A Colombian drug trafficker testified Tuesday that Mexican cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman boasted about paying a $100 million bribe to the former president of Mexico to...
Jan 15, 2019
Lights, camera, action! Tumbling space snowman in film debut
WASHINGTON - The tumbling space snowman is making its out-of-this-world film premiere. Scientists from NASA’s New Horizons mission on Tuesday released the first stitched together animation of Ul...
Jan 15, 2019

Judge bars citizenship question from 2020 census
NEW YORK - A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Tuesday from asking about citizenship status on the 2020 census, the first major ruling in cases contending officials ramrodded the question...
Jan 15, 2019

New pen may allow sale of horses for slaughter
RENO, Nev. - The U.S. Forest Service has built a new corral for wild horses in Northern California, which could allow it to bypass federal restrictions and sell the animals for slaughter. The agency a...
Jan 15, 2019