Category Archives: CP_World
Ariana Grande, Childish Gambino among Coachella headliners
LOS ANGELES - The organizers of the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival have announced the top acts scheduled to appear at the multiday event in April. Goldenvoice, the promoter of the event...
Jan 02, 2019
Nuns in India tell AP of enduring abuse in Catholic church
KURAVILANGAD, India - The stories spill out in the sitting rooms of Catholic convents, where portraits of Jesus keep watch and fans spin quietly overhead. They spill out in church meeting halls bathed...
Jan 02, 2019
No deal to end shutdown; Trump says 'could be a long time'
WASHINGTON - No one budged at President Donald Trump’s closed-door meeting with congressional leaders Wednesday, so the partial government shutdown persisted through Day 12 over his demand for b...
Jan 02, 2019
Lord & Taylor flagship store locks its doors forever
NEW YORK - After 104 years, Lord & Taylor’s flagship store on Fifth Avenue locked its doors forever. The venerable department store famed for its animated holiday windows closed down Wednesd...
Jan 02, 2019
US Catholic bishops to pray over clergy sexual abuse scandal
MUNDELEIN, Ill. - U.S.-based Roman Catholic bishops gathered Wednesday for a weeklong retreat near Chicago on the church sexual abuse scandal that organizers say will focus on prayer and spiritual ref...
Jan 02, 2019
Hasina's dominating win feared as enabling authoritarianism
DHAKA, Bangladesh - While Sheikh Hasina is set to begin her third consecutive term as Bangladesh’s prime minister following a landslide election victory, critics say having such an overwhelming ...
Jan 02, 2019
US ambassador meets with American held for spying in Russia
WASHINGTON - U.S. ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman met in Moscow on Wednesday with a Michigan man who has been detained on espionage charges as the American government seeks answers about his arrest....
Jan 02, 2019
New GOP rivalry? Romney bolts into Washington, blasts Trump
WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee and incoming Utah senator, has quickly set himself apart from other Republicans in the new Congress with a blistering attack on President Do...
Jan 02, 2019
Marine from Minnesota shot to death at Washington barracks
WASHINGTON - A 20-year-old U.S. Marine from Minnesota was killed in a shooting at the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C., his mother said Wednesday. Markelle Kuznia told The Associated Press that the...
Jan 02, 2019
Michigan AG to review pipeline deal at governor's request
LANSING, Mich. - Michigan’s new governor and attorney general moved quickly Wednesday to review the legality of a contentious state deal to run an oil pipeline beneath a crucial section of the G...
Jan 02, 2019