Category Archives: CP_World

GOP Sen. Roberts of Kansas says he won't seek re-election
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, the longest-serving member of Congress in Kansas history, announced Friday that he won’t run again in 2020, setting up a scramble to replace him in...
Jan 04, 2019

Trump says shutdown could last for 'months or even years'
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump declared Friday he could keep parts of the government shut down for “months or even years” as he and Democratic leaders failed in a second closed-door m...
Jan 04, 2019
Activist seeks dismissal from pipeline racketeering lawsuit
BISMARCK, N.D. - An American Indian and environmental activist named in a federal racketeering lawsuit says her opposition to the Dakota Access oil pipeline was constitutionally protected free speech,...
Jan 04, 2019

Watchdog group urges probe of Ivanka Trump tax break role
WASHINGTON - An ethics watchdog group asked the Justice Department on Friday to investigate whether President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka violated federal conflict-of-interest law by promotin...
Jan 04, 2019

Powell says he would reject any Trump request to resign
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday that he will not resign if asked to do so by President Donald Trump, and that he is prepared to be patient in deciding when to raise int...
Jan 04, 2019

Personal data hack of 100s of German politicians, celebs
BERLIN - Twitter suspended on Friday an account that posted links to sensitive personal data and documents stolen by hackers from hundreds of German public figures and politicians - from every politic...
Jan 04, 2019
Police: 5 teenage girls killed in Poland "Escape Room" fire
WARSAW, Poland - A fire broke out at an “Escape Room” game location in northern Poland on Friday, killing five teenage girls and injuring a man, authorities said. Police said the dead were...
Jan 04, 2019
High court to take new look at partisan electoral districts
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is plunging back into the issue of whether electoral districts can be too partisan. Disputes have arisen in cases involving North Carolina’s heavily Republican con...
Jan 04, 2019
Montana State announcer resigns amid harassment claims
BILLINGS, Mont. - Montana State University’s play-by-play broadcaster for football and men’s basketball has resigned after the university investigated a reporter’s complaint that he ...
Jan 04, 2019

Famed Connecticut herbalist's widower ordered off farm
COVENTRY, Conn. - Since the death of famed herbalist Adelma Grenier Simmons, her Connecticut farm that once drew visitors by the busload has fallen into disrepair, with green tarps covering parts of t...
Jan 04, 2019