Category Archives: CP_World
New Philip Pullman 'Book of Dust" novel coming Oct. 3
NEW YORK - Philip Pullman’s next novel will bring us an older and more independent Lyra Silvertongue, his longtime literary heroine. “The Secret Commonwealth” will be published Oct. ...
Feb 27, 2019
Workers dig by hand to free dozens in Indonesia mine rubble
BOLAANG MONGONDOW, Indonesia - A grueling search and rescue effort has saved 19 people from the debris of a collapsed illegal gold mine in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province but officials said ...
Feb 27, 2019
Ash loggers race against time before beetles get them all
WALTON, N.Y. - Loggers in snowy forests are cutting down ash like there’s no tomorrow, seeking to stay one step ahead of a fast-spreading beetle killing the tree in dozens of states. The emerald...
Feb 27, 2019
Chicago will elect a black woman as its mayor for first time
CHICAGO - A former federal prosecutor and a county board leader will face each other in a runoff to become Chicago’s first black female mayor after leading a large field Tuesday that included a ...
Feb 27, 2019
In Bolivia, a new generation of wrestlers in bowler hats
EL ALTO, Bolivia - A new generation of athletes is coming to one of the world’s more colorful sporting spectacles: the fighting cholitas of Bolivia, who take to a wrestling ring in the tradition...
Feb 27, 2019
House OKs Democrats' bill blocking Trump emergency on wall
WASHINGTON - House Democrats have ignored a veto threat and passed legislation that would stymie President Donald Trump’s bid for billions of extra dollars for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. The mov...
Feb 27, 2019
Australian Cardinal Pell to spend his first night in prison
MELBOURNE, Australia - The most senior Catholic cleric ever convicted of child sex abuse was sent to prison on Wednesday and will wait two weeks to learn his sentence for molesting two choirboys in a ...
Feb 27, 2019
3 people killed in train-vehicle collision on Long Island
WESTBURY, N.Y. - Two commuter trains travelling in opposite directions collided with a vehicle on the tracks in Westbury, killing all three occupants in the vehicle before one of the trains derailed a...
Feb 27, 2019
Helicopter crashes in Nepal, killing tourism chief, 6 others
KATHMANDU, Nepal - A helicopter flying in bad weather crashed into a mountain in Nepal on Wednesday, killing all seven people on board, including the country’s tourism minister, officials said. ...
Feb 27, 2019
Iran's president rejects resignation of his foreign minister
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran’s president rejected the resignation of his foreign minister on Wednesday, throwing his full support behind the diplomat who negotiated the country’s nuclear deal with ...
Feb 27, 2019