Category Archives: CP_World
Congress urged to fully open banks to marijuana industry
LOS ANGELES - Bank officials and others urged Congress on Wednesday to fully open the doors of the U.S. banking system to the legal marijuana industry, a change that supporters say would reduce crime ...
Feb 13, 2019
Wisconsin Senate refuses to honour Colin Kaepernick
MADISON, Wis. - Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate refused to mention NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a resolution honouring Black History Month passed Wednesday, rejecting calls from De...
Feb 13, 2019
Democrats question pledges in $26.5B T-Mobile-Sprint deal
WASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers challenged top executives of T-Mobile and Sprint on Wednesday over their pledge not to raise prices for wireless services or hurt competition if their $26.5 billion m...
Feb 13, 2019
Google to invest $13 billion in new US offices, data centres
SAN FRANCISCO - Google said today it will invest more than $13 billion in building data centres and offices across the U.S in 2019. The Mountain View, California-based company emphasized its new locat...
Feb 13, 2019
Bus plunges into ravine in North Macedonia, killing 14
A bus carrying workers in North Macedonia crashed into a ravine outside the capital of Skopje Wednesday, killing 14 people and injuring about 30, officials said. Venko Filipce, the newly renamed Europ...
Feb 13, 2019
"Empire" actor expresses anger over attack, public's doubt
CHICAGO - Actor Jussie Smollett says he’s “pissed off” that some have doubted his claims about being attacked outside his Chicago apartment last month. The actor who stars in the Fox...
Feb 13, 2019
Absent Iran takes centre stage at Mideast talks in Poland
WARSAW, Poland - Although it is absent from the stage, Iran is nevertheless taking the spotlight at a Middle East security conference co-hosted by the United States and Poland that has highlighted dee...
Feb 13, 2019
FEMA head Brock Long, investigated over vehicle use, resigns
WASHINGTON - The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency resigned Wednesday after a two-year tenure in which he managed the response to historic wildfires and major hurricanes but was dogged b...
Feb 13, 2019
King the wire fox terrier takes Westminster's best in show
NEW YORK - Wire fox terriers are still King at Westminster. A wire fox from Brazil who’s won big in Europe became America’s top dog Tuesday night, beating out a crowd-pleasing longhaired d...
Feb 13, 2019
Reports: British Bolshoi dancer suspected of having cocaine
MOSCOW - Russian news reports say police in Moscow suspect a British dancer with the renowned Bolshoi Ballet of possessing cocaine. Channel REN TV said officers stopped Oscar Frame in the Russian capi...
Feb 13, 2019