World

Border chaos forces truckers to wait hours, sometimes days

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - To deal with a surge of migrating Central American families, the Trump administration has reassigned so many inspectors from U.S.-Mexico border crossings that truckers are wait...

Apr 11, 2019

Daisy Bates, Johnny Cash statues headed to US Capitol

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has signed into law a bill that replaces the state's two statues in a U.S. Capitol display with statues of civil rights leader Daisy Bates and country ...

Apr 11, 2019

Nipsey Hussle becomes face of downtown LA on day of memorial

LOS ANGELES - Nipsey Hussle's face was everywhere outside the Staples Center on Thursday, where a mood of festival and celebration stood in contrast to the sombre memorial inside . The late rapper's i...

Apr 11, 2019

Israeli spacecraft crashes in attempt to reach moon

YEHUD, Israel - An Israeli spacecraft lost contact with Earth and crashed just moments before it was to land on the moon late Thursday, failing in an ambitious attempt to make history as the first pri...

Apr 11, 2019

Officer, suspect hurt in shooting at South Carolina hospital

CLINTON, S.C. - Police in South Carolina say a shooting inside a hospital has left a police officer and a suspected gunman injured - the second hospital shooting to take place in the state in two days...

Apr 11, 2019

NYC orders mandatory vaccines for some amid measles outbreak

NEW YORK - Health officials Tuesday ordered nearly everyone in a heavily Orthodox Jewish New York City neighbourhood to be vaccinated for measles or face fines, reviving a public-health strategy that ...

Apr 11, 2019

Top IMF official warns global economy facing various threats

WASHINGTON - The head of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund said Thursday the world is facing a time of high uncertainty with 70% of the global economy caught in a growth slowdown that could b...

Apr 11, 2019

Ex-Obama WH counsel charged with lying about lobbying work

WASHINGTON - Former Obama administration White House counsel Greg Craig was indicted Thursday on charges of making false statements and concealing information in a Justice Department foreign lobbying ...

Apr 11, 2019

Hospitalized Taylor Swift fan gets flowers, note from singer

NASHVILLE - A Kentucky woman recovering in the hospital from a car crash says her favourite singer, Taylor Swift, sent her flowers and a handwritten note. Lindsey Sizemore told WTVF-TV in Nashville th...

Apr 11, 2019

Senate confirms ex-lobbyist David Bernhardt to lead Interior

WASHINGTON - The Senate has confirmed acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to lead the department on a permanent basis, despite complaints by Democrats that the former oil and gas lobbyist used h...

Apr 11, 2019