Category Archives: World
US adds launchers to THAAD as dozens hurt in SKorea protests
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Dozens of people were injured in clashes between South Korean protesters and police Thursday as the U.S. military added more launchers to the high-tech missile-defence syst...
Sep 08, 2017
EU court rejects Hungary-Slovakia appeal of refugee quotas
BUDAPEST, Hungary - The European Union’s top court on Wednesday rejected legal action by Hungary and Slovakia seeking to avoid accepting refugees under an EU-wide plan, a decision seen as a vict...
Sep 08, 2017
Smaller US cities struggle with high teen gun violence rates
WILMINGTON, Del. - When the shots rang out - “pop, pop, pop,” and then a thunder roll of gunfire - Maria Williams hit the floor. The bullets sprayed through her front door and window, leav...
Sep 08, 2017

Lee descendant resigns as pastor over racial justice comment
RALEIGH, N.C. - A descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee says he stepped down as pastor of a North Carolina church after negative reactions to his comments supporting racial justice during an MT...
Sep 08, 2017
Firms must pay $32.M for robocalls for religious-themed film
ST. LOUIS - A federal judge in St. Louis on Thursday ordered a Virginia man and his companies to pay $32.4 million in damages for improper robocalls narrated by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee that...
Sep 08, 2017

Trumps donate $1M to 12 organizations for Harvey relief
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are donating a total of $1 million to a dozen organizations involved in Harvey relief work, including the American Red Cross, the Salva...
Sep 08, 2017

Kasich joins Schwarzenegger in political map-making fight
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday joined friend and ex-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s effort to overhaul partisan political map-making that’s helped fuel their own...
Sep 08, 2017

15 states, DC seek court relief over DACA, but will it work?
NEW YORK - Fifteen states and the District of Columbia sued the U.S. government Wednesday to block President Donald Trump’s plan to end protection against deportation for young immigrants, sayin...
Sep 08, 2017

GOP Rep. Charlie Dent announces retirement from House
WASHINGTON - Republican Congressman Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, leader of an influential caucus of GOP moderates in the House, announced Thursday he will not seek re-election to an eighth House term...
Sep 08, 2017

Death toll 61 in Mexico quake as hurricane hits Gulf coast
MEXICO CITY - One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico struck off the country’s southern coast, toppling hundreds of buildings and sending panicked people fleeing into the st...
Sep 08, 2017