Category Archives: World
Pentagon chief accuses NKorea of threatening 'catastrophe'
U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis accused North Korea on Friday of building a nuclear arsenal to “threaten others with catastrophe” and said the Trump administration remains committed to c...
Oct 27, 2017
Selma Blair, Rachel McAdams tell Toback harassment stories
LOS ANGELES - Actresses Selma Blair and Rachel McAdams have added their names to the growing list of women who have come forward to allege that writer and director James Toback sexually harassed or as...
Oct 27, 2017
CP NewsAlert: Tiger Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving, agrees to enter diversion program
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Golf star Tiger Woods has pleaded guilty to reckless driving and has agreed to enter a diversion program to avoid a DUI charge. More coming. The Associated Press
Oct 27, 2017
Trump signs $36.5 billion emergency aid bill for disasters
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed a $36.5 billion emergency aid measure on Thursday to refill disaster accounts, provide a cash infusion to Puerto Rico and bail out the federal flood insuranc...
Oct 26, 2017
Experts blame Syria for chemical weapons attack in April
Experts from the U.N. and the chemical weapons watchdog are blaming Syria’s government for a sarin nerve gas attack that killed over 90 people last April. Their report, obtained Thursday by The ...
Oct 26, 2017
PUC says Enbridge must disclose Line 3 oil spill projections
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Enbridge Energy must publicly disclose its projections for potential oil spills from its proposed Line 3 replacement pipeline across northern Minnesota, regulators decided Thursday. ...
Oct 26, 2017
Air Force retracts tweet's Santa clause: He's real after all
MINOT, N.D. - The U.S. Air Force says its tweet declaring Santa Claus “isn’t real” was just a bluff, part of a threat to steal Christmas from two feuding bases. Minot Air Force Base ...
Oct 26, 2017
Man sought in rape-murder of Ohio tot shows up in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH - Pennsylvania State Police say a man wanted on charges he raped and killed a 13-month-old girl in Ohio has been spotted at a Pittsburgh convenience store. KDKA-TV reports Joshua Gurto was ...
Oct 26, 2017
Drug company founder indicted in US-wide opioid conspiracy
PHOENIX - U.S. prosecutors brought a fraud and racketeering case Thursday against the billionaire founder of an opioid medication maker that has faced increasing scrutiny from authorities across the c...
Oct 26, 2017
Twitter to ban ads from Russia's RT, Sputnik
NEW YORK - Twitter says it will ban ads from RT and Sputnik, two state-sponsored Russian news outlets that the U.S. intelligence community has said tried to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential e...
Oct 26, 2017