Category Archives: World
Amtrak engineer: Projectiles hit train before deadly crash
PHILADELPHIA - The Amtrak engineer involved in a deadly 2015 crash in Philadelphia has sued the railroad, saying it failed to address reports that people were throwing projectiles at trains. Brandon B...
Jan 26, 2017
Court: 'K-19: The Widowmaker' sub must be removed from river
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - A Rhode Island court has ordered a scrapyard to remove the remnants of a Russian submarine once used as a set for a Harrison Ford movie from the Providence River. The hull of the su...
Jan 26, 2017
FBI director Comey to address South By Southwest festival
AUSTIN, Texas - South By Southwest says FBI director James Comey will address the portion of its festival focusing on interactive technology. Comey will be a featured speaker in Austin on March 13. He...
Jan 26, 2017
California utility must run ads over deadly blast conviction
SAN FRANCISCO - California’s largest utility must pay a $3 million fine and run thousands of TV commercials publicizing its pipeline safety violations as punishment for its criminal convictions ...
Jan 26, 2017
Dutch justice minister resigns weeks before elections.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Dutch security and justice minister resigned Thursday amid allegations that he was involved in withholding information from lawmakers, a potentially damaging blow to the a...
Jan 26, 2017
Trump proposes big import tax, triggering fight with Mexico
WASHINGTON - Determined to wall off America’s border with Mexico, President Donald Trump triggered a diplomatic clash and a fresh fight over trade Thursday as the White House proposed a 20 per c...
Jan 26, 2017
Global shares drift as euphoria over Dow's 20k breach fades
LONDON - European shares traded in narrow ranges Friday as the momentum generated by the Dow Jones’ breach of the 20,000 mark for the first time faded and following news the U.S. economy lost mo...
Jan 26, 2017
Iranian actress boycotts Oscars to protest Trump
NEW YORK - Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-nominated “The Salesman,” says she won’t attend the Academy Awards in protest of President Donald Trump’s immigr...
Jan 26, 2017
AP source: Border Patrol chief says he's been forced out
WASHINGTON - The man charged with protecting America’s borders was ousted Thursday, one day after President Donald Trump announced ambitious plans to build a massive wall at the Mexican border a...
Jan 26, 2017
Mexican president cancels planned DC meeting with Trump
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto cancelled a planned Tuesday meeting with President Donald J. Trump on Thursday, signalling a remarkable souring of relations between Washington and o...
Jan 26, 2017