Category Archives: World
Voter ID lawsuits live on despite likely Trump policy shift
AUSTIN, Texas - Federal lawsuits challenging voter ID requirements in Texas and North Carolina won’t just disappear, even if Justice Department lawyers who once argued against the laws effective...
Jan 26, 2017
Is Ivanka Trump Jewish? In Israel, she has a trump card
PETAH TIKVA, Israel - Is Ivanka Trump really Jewish? Last summer, Israel’s religious authorities issued a ruling that raised doubts about her conversion to Judaism. But after her father was elec...
Jan 26, 2017
NewsAlert: Final bodies recovered from Italian avalanche site
PENNE, Italy - Final bodies recovered from Italy avalanche hotel; death toll stands at 29, firefighters say. More to come. The Associated Press
Jan 26, 2017
Octavia Spencer to pick up 'Woman of the Year' award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Academy Award-winning actress Octavia Spencer, fresh off her nomination for a second Oscar, is heading to Massachusetts to pick up yet another award: Woman of the Year by Harvard Un...
Jan 25, 2017
Nonprofits closing doors as India cuts access to funds
NEW DELHI - A non-profit running schools for children from India’s lowest caste may run out of money to pay teachers in just months. A health institute in Bangalore is taking the government to c...
Jan 25, 2017
Trump's wall met with skepticism, unease on US-Mexico border
SAN DIEGO - As President Donald Trump announced his plans for a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, Border Patrol agents in San Diego on the lookout for drugs and smugglers drove all-terrain vehicles...
Jan 25, 2017
Castro: Cuba can work with Trump if sovereignty respected
BAVARO, Dominican Republic - President Raul Castro expressed Cuba’s willingness to continue negotiations with President Donald Trump’s new administration but warned that his country would ...
Jan 25, 2017
Argentine goldsmith creates roses from Falklands war weapons
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Working with precious metals takes time and patience – much like healing the painful wounds of war. Argentine goldsmith Juan Carlos Pallarols is creating beautiful rose...
Jan 25, 2017
Judge rejects $80M penalty in Wal-Mart truck drivers lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge on Wednesday refused to force Wal-Mart to pay $80 million in penalties in a lawsuit alleging the retail giant failed to pay hundreds of truck drivers in California the ...
Jan 25, 2017
Draft order would halt refugee processing for Syrians
WASHINGTON - A draft executive order obtained by The Associated Press shows that President Donald Trump intends to stop accepting Syrian refugees and suspend the United States’ broader refugee p...
Jan 25, 2017