Category Archives: World
US agrees to pay tea party groups in suits over IRS scrutiny
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has agreed to what a lawyer described as a “very substantial” payout to hundreds of tea party groups to settle a class-action lawsuit over the extra, ...
Oct 26, 2017
AP Exclusive: Doctors clash over euthanasia for mentally ill
GHENT, Belgium - After struggling with mental illness for years, Cornelia Geerts was so desperate to die that she asked her psychiatrist to kill her. Her sister worried that Geerts’ judgment was...
Oct 26, 2017
Iraq dismisses Kurdish offer to 'freeze' independence vote
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s prime minister on Thursday dismissed a Kurdish proposal to “freeze” the results of last month’s independence vote, as Iraqi government forces and Kurdish fight...
Oct 26, 2017
AP Explains: Long-secret JFK assassination files released
BOSTON - The public is getting a look at thousands of secret government files related to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, but hundreds of other documents will remain under wraps for no...
Oct 26, 2017
Serious head and hand wounds described by Bergdahl searchers
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Soldiers and an airman described a shattered hand and a head wound Thursday as prosecutors presented evidence that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s disappearance endangered those who...
Oct 26, 2017
Tennessee's Corker doubles down on his criticism of Trump
NASHVILLE - Taking on a crowd of jeering union workers, standing up to a charismatic Democratic opponent on the man’s home turf or lecturing upper management of one of the world’s largest ...
Oct 26, 2017
New screenings begin for passengers on US-bound flights
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - New security screenings for all passengers on U.S.-bound flights began on Thursday, with airlines worldwide questioning flyers about their trip and their luggage in the l...
Oct 26, 2017
Fireworks factory fire in Indonesia kills 47, mostly women
TANGERANG, Indonesia - Investigators Friday were trying to determine the cause of an explosion and fire at a fireworks factory near Indonesia’s capital that killed at least 47 people, mostly you...
Oct 26, 2017
Train slams into Finnish military truck at crossing; 4 dead
HELSINKI - A train collided with a military vehicle at an unguarded railroad crossing in southern Finland early Thursday, killing four people and injuring 11 others, officials said. The crash happened...
Oct 26, 2017
Dollars targeting opioids hit hurdles as impatience builds
Nearly a year after Congress approved an extraordinary $1 billion to tackle the opioid crisis, the money that poured into all 50 states is gradually reaching places where it can do some good, but with...
Oct 26, 2017