World

Worth the risk? It's not easy to put a value on a cathedral

LONDON - Rebuilding Notre Dame, the 800-year-old Paris cathedral devastated by fire this week, will cost billions of dollars as architects, historians and artisans work to preserve the medieval landma...

Apr 19, 2019

Congress mulls next steps after release of Mueller report

WASHINGTON - It's now up to Congress to decide what to do with special counsel Robert Mueller's findings about President Donald Trump. While the special counsel declined to prosecute Trump on obstruct...

Apr 19, 2019

Trump may owe former counsel a debt of gratitude

WASHINGTON - Don McGahn was barely on speaking terms with President Donald Trump when he left the White House last fall. But special counsel Robert Mueller's report reveals the president may owe his f...

Apr 19, 2019

Andy Hui apologizes after taxi camera captures infidelity

HONG KONG - A tearful Hong Kong celebrity Andy Hui apologized after a newspaper published footage of his apparent dalliance with an actress that was captured on a camera installed in a taxi. Hui, an a...

Apr 18, 2019

Music program founder charged with lewd acts against girls

SANTA ANA, Calif. - The founder of a non-profit group that was investigated over allegations it gave flutes possibly tainted with semen to schoolchildren has been charged with committing lewd acts aga...

Apr 18, 2019

Trump vetoes measure to end US involvement in Yemen war

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. The veto - the second in Trump's presidency - was expected, a...

Apr 18, 2019

Judge allows sex-trafficking claim in suit against Weinstein

NEW YORK - A New York judge has agreed to let a class-action lawsuit proceed with a sex-trafficking claim against disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein elimi...

Apr 18, 2019

FBI looks for woman 'infatuated' with Columbine shooting

LITTLETON, Colo. - Authorities said Tuesday that they are looking for a young woman who is "infatuated" with the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School and made threats just days before the 20th anniv...

Apr 18, 2019

McConnell proposes national minimum age of 21 for tobacco

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday he plans to introduce legislation to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 nationally, rating the health in...

Apr 18, 2019

Rabbis: 'Not kosher' to buy at grocery store during strike

BOSTON - As thousands of Stop & Shop workers remain on strike in New England, some Jewish families are preparing for Passover without the region's largest supermarket chain, which has deep roots i...

Apr 18, 2019