Category Archives: World

DOJ: Trump campaign did not co-ordinate with Russia in 2016
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation did not find evidence that President Donald Trump's campaign "conspired or co-ordinated" with Russia...
Mar 24, 2019

New Zealand to probe role of spies, guns in mosque attacks
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand will hold a top-level inquiry into the massacre of 50 people at two Christchurch mosques that will look into what roles semi-automatic guns, social media and inte...
Mar 24, 2019

Navajo Nation company ends bid to buy power plant, mine
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - One of the largest coal-fired power plants in the West will close this year as planned after a Navajo Nation company ended its long-shot bid Friday to acquire it. The Navajo Genera...
Mar 24, 2019

The Latest: Texas AG sues company over chemical plant fire
HOUSTON - The Latest on a fire that had been burning at a Texas petrochemical storage facility (all times local): 5:30 p.m. The Texas Attorney General's office has sued the company that operates a Hou...
Mar 24, 2019

A look at Russians who became mixed up in Trump probe
MOSCOW - An investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into an elaborate Russian operation that sought to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and try to help Donald Trump win the White ...
Mar 24, 2019

Michigan deal bars LGBT discrimination in state adoptions
LANSING, Mich. - Faith-based adoption agencies that are paid by the state of Michigan will no longer be able to turn away LGBT couples or individuals because of religious objections under a legal sett...
Mar 24, 2019

Republicans ask to stay order blocking lame-duck laws
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Republicans asked an appeals court Friday to immediately reinstate GOP-backed laws limiting the powers of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul, sparking ...
Mar 24, 2019

Trump to nominate conservative Stephen Moore for Fed board
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate Stephen Moore, a conservative economic analyst and frequent critic of the Federal Reserve, to fill a vacancy on the Fed's seven-me...
Mar 24, 2019

Jordan Peele's 'Us' scares up $70.3M debut
NEW YORK - Jordan Peele has done it again. Two years after the filmmaker's "Get Out" became a box-office sensation, his frightening follow-up, "Us," debuted with $70.3 million in ticket sales, accordi...
Mar 24, 2019

Kenyan who gave earnings to poor wins $1M teacher prize
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Kenyan science teacher from a remote village who gave away most of his earnings to the poor and tutored students on the weekends won a $1 million prize on Sunday that h...
Mar 24, 2019