Category Archives: CP_World

Guatemala to withdraw from UN anti-corruption commission
GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemala announced Monday it was pulling out of a United Nations-sponsored anti-corruption commission after more than a year of tension between the government and the group, which ha...
Jan 07, 2019
White man accused of kicking black child in Kansas charged
WICHITA, Kan. - A 31-year-old white man accused of kicking a 1-year-old black boy and shouting racial slurs in a Kansas grocery store has been charged with attempted aggravated battery. Trace Riff mad...
Jan 07, 2019
7 dead in shooting in Mexican city of Playa del Carmen
MEXICO CITY - Seven men have been killed in a shooting attack at a bar in Mexico’s Caribbean coasl city of Playa del Carmen, authorities said Monday. State and local police said the attack occur...
Jan 07, 2019

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announces his departure
WASHINGTON - Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank, announced Monday he is resigning at the end of January. Kim’s unexpected departure three years before his term was set to expire is li...
Jan 07, 2019
Judge allows tribes to challenge Corps' Dakota Access study
BISMARCK, N.D. - A federal judge is allowing four Native American tribes in the Dakotas to challenge the recent conclusion of federal officials that a Dakota Access oil pipeline spill wouldn’t u...
Jan 07, 2019
S. Carolina joins offshore drilling lawsuit
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina will join a federal lawsuit opposing the Trump administration’s plans to conduct offshore drilling tests, becoming the latest coastal state to take legal action a...
Jan 07, 2019

Port: Largest shipping cranes to operate in US have arrived
NORFOLK, Va. - What are said to be the largest cranes to operate at a U.S. commercial port arrived Monday in Virginia, marking the latest effort to accommodate the increasingly mammoth container ships...
Jan 07, 2019
Expert: Census citizenship question would hurt Latino count
SAN FRANCISCO - Asking people whether they are U.S. citizens on the 2020 census would worsen the undercount of Latinos and non-citizens compared with other groups, an expert in surveys said Monday at ...
Jan 07, 2019

Family urges suspect to surrender in Vegas manicurist death
LAS VEGAS - The family of a Las Vegas woman accused of using a stolen car to run over and kill a nail salon owner after failing to pay for a manicure is urging her to surrender. In an interview that a...
Jan 07, 2019

Gabon government thwarts coup attempt, 2 plotters dead
LIBREVILLE, Gabon - Gabon’s government thwarted an attempted military coup on Monday, retaining control of the oil-rich West African nation after two plotters were killed and other army officers...
Jan 07, 2019