Category Archives: CP_World

Amazon's exit could scare off tech companies from New York
NEW YORK - Amazon jilted New York City on Valentine’s Day, scrapping plans to build a massive headquarters campus in Queens amid fierce opposition from politicians angry about nearly $3 billion ...
Feb 15, 2019

AP Interview: Maduro reveals secret meetings with US envoy
CARACAS, Venezuela - A month into Venezuela’s high-stakes political crisis, President Nicolas Maduro revealed in an Associated Press interview that his government has held secret talks with the ...
Feb 15, 2019

A few feel-good moments to remember from NY Fashion Week
NEW YORK - Fashion Week has ended in New York, leaving a trail of sequins and feathers, worn-out stilettos and blisters and traffic jams. But sometimes, fashion feels good: there were some moments of ...
Feb 15, 2019

Chicago police, Fox dispute reports about Smollett attack
Chicago police said Thursday night that local media reports that the attack against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was a hoax are unconfirmed. The reports surfaced as detectives were quest...
Feb 15, 2019

Congress OKs border deal; Trump will sign, declare emergency
WASHINGTON - Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise Thursday that would avert a second painful government shutdown, but a new confrontation was ignited - this time over President Do...
Feb 14, 2019

Storm creates chaos in California with flooding, mudslides
SAUSALITO, Calif. - Waves of heavy rain pounded California on Thursday, trapping people in floodwaters, washing away a mountain highway, triggering a mudslide that destroyed homes and forcing resident...
Feb 14, 2019

Car bomb kills at least 33 Indian soldiers in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India - At least 33 soldiers were killed and about 20 others wounded Thursday in a car bomb attack on a paramilitary convoy along a key highway in Indian-controlled Kashmir, security officia...
Feb 14, 2019

Deadly blue 'Mexican oxy' pills take toll on US Southwest
TUCSON, Ariz. - Aaron Francisco Chavez swallowed at least one of the sky blue pills at a Halloween party before falling asleep forever. He became yet another victim killed by a flood of illicit fentan...
Feb 14, 2019
Amazon's exit could scare off tech companies from New York
NEW YORK - Amazon’s decision to walk away from New York City could scare off other tech companies considering moving to or expanding in the city. That’s according to experts analyzing the ...
Feb 14, 2019

Amazon dumps NYC headquarters and its promised 25,000 jobs
NEW YORK - Amazon abruptly dropped plans Thursday for a big new headquarters in New York that would have brought 25,000 jobs to the city, reversing course after politicians and activists objected to t...
Feb 14, 2019