Category Archives: World
After Equifax, public shaming but GOP wary of new rules
WASHINGTON - Prospects are good for a public shaming in the Equifax data breach, but it’s unlikely Congress will institute sweeping new regulations after hackers accessed the personal informatio...
Sep 22, 2017
Former Australian prime minister says he was head-butted
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s prime minister on Friday urged restraint in the nation’s same-sex marriage debate after his predecessor, Tony Abbott, said he was head-butted by a gay rig...
Sep 22, 2017
Chapel stirs up controversy in small Oklahoma college town
ADA, Okla. - A small chapel nestled on a university campus in a rural central Oklahoma town is at the centre of a firestorm over the use of religious symbols on public property after a Washington, D.C...
Sep 22, 2017
Kin of fallen Japan soldiers pay respects at Pearl Harbor
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - Dozens of descendants of Japanese soldiers killed in World War II visited Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Thursday to pay respects to fallen American soldiers. Nippon Izokukai, the Be...
Sep 22, 2017
Closure at busy US-Mexico border crossing promises headaches
SAN DIEGO - The busiest border crossing in the United States will close this weekend to the more than 40,000 cars that pass through it daily to Mexico. The closure between San Diego and Tijuana for wo...
Sep 22, 2017
Donatella Versace pays joyous tribute to brother Gianni
MILAN - On the third day of Milan Fashion Week, past and present merged at Donatella Versace’s joyous, celebratory, healing runway tribute Friday to her brother Gianni Versace, 20 years after hi...
Sep 22, 2017
Judge won't dismiss suit challenging police-as-prosecutors
NEW YORK - A New York judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two women trying to stop police lawyers from serving as prosecutors in their low-level cases and others like them, suggesting the arra...
Sep 22, 2017
Families of missing in Mexico quake still hold out hope
MEXICO CITY - Hope mixed with fear Friday on a 60-foot stretch of a bike lane in downtown Mexico City, where families huddled under tarps and donated blankets, awaiting word of their loved ones trappe...
Sep 22, 2017
Rapper Chief Keef pleads not guilty to South Dakota charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Rapper Chief Keef has pleaded not guilty to drug charges in South Dakota. The rapper whose legal name is Keith Cozart was arrested June 12 at the Sioux Falls airport, where officia...
Sep 22, 2017
'Stronger,' new movie about marathon bombing, hits theatres
BOSTON - A new film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman is hitting theatres nationwide. “Stronger” captures Bauman recalibrating his life after losing ...
Sep 22, 2017