Category Archives: World
Canadian police seek recalled Vatican envoy for child porn
VATICAN CITY - Canadian police have issued an arrest warrant for the Vatican diplomat who was recalled from the United States in a child pornography investigation, accusing him of accessing porn over ...
Sep 29, 2017
Mayor fires back after librarian calls Dr. Seuss book cliche
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The mayor of Dr. Seuss’ hometown fired back at a school librarian on Thursday who called the children’s author’s books “racist” and “clicheR...
Sep 29, 2017
Judge: Maryland can act against drug price-gouging, for now
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - An effort by drug makers to block Maryland’s first-in-the-nation law against pharmaceutical price gouging was denied by a federal judge on Friday. A group representing makers of...
Sep 29, 2017

Film academy museum names building for donor of $50M gift
LOS ANGELES - The film academy is naming its main museum building in honour of Cheryl and Haim Saban, who have donated $50 million to the project. Officials from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ...
Sep 29, 2017

UN agency: More reports of sexual violence against Rohingya
GENEVA - The head of the U.N.’s migration agency warned Wednesday about increasing reports of sexual violence directed at Rohingya Muslims, who have been fleeing violence in Myanmar in recent we...
Sep 29, 2017
Rapper Young Thug arrested on drug, gun charges in Georgia
ATLANTA - The rapper Young Thug was arrested on drug and gun charges after a traffic stop near Atlanta. DeKalb County Jail records show that he was released on bond Wednesday. The rapper, whose real n...
Sep 29, 2017

Documentary filmmakers sue over arrest at St. Louis protest
ST. LOUIS - Two documentary filmmakers are suing the city of St. Louis and three police officers, saying one of them was cursed at and beaten and they were both sprayed with chemicals when they were a...
Sep 29, 2017

Tribal head who led Dakota Access pipeline fight voted out
BISMARCK, N.D. - The Native American official who has been the face and voice of the fight against the Dakota Access oil pipeline has been voted out of office. Unofficial results from the Standing Roc...
Sep 29, 2017

Death penalty sought in Indiana officer's shooting death
INDIANAPOLIS - Prosecutors said Thursday that they will seek the death penalty against the man charged with fatally shooting a police officer who was trying to help him following a car crash in Indian...
Sep 29, 2017

$5 trillion question for Trump tax plan: How to pay for it?
WASHINGTON - How do you pay for an estimated $5.8 trillion tax cut? For President Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders, that is the mostly unanswered $5,800,000,000,000 question. The plan...
Sep 29, 2017