Category Archives: World
'Sanctuary cities' undaunted by Trump move to cut funding
SEATTLE - Politicians in New York, Seattle and other “sanctuary cities” that protect immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally declared Wednesday they won’t be intimidated by a move b...
Jan 25, 2017
Elon Musk tweets mysterious 'tunnel' project
LOS ANGELES - Elon Musk is already going high, and now he says he’s going low. Subterranean, apparently. Just weeks after suddenly tweeting “Traffic is driving me nuts” and “am...
Jan 25, 2017
Knitting store: no yarn for women's movement protesters
FRANKLIN, Tenn. - The owner of a Tennessee knitting store doesn’t want anyone buying its yarn for arts and crafts for the women’s movement, following weekend protests by marchers in knitte...
Jan 25, 2017
Former Baghdad conductor's music is his message for unity
WASHINGTON - When a bomb tore through a restaurant or business in Baghdad, Karim Wasfi and his cello would often appear with the urgency of a medic to promote his message of healing through music. The...
Jan 25, 2017
Official: Mexico's president 'considering' scrapping US trip
MEXICO CITY - Mexico’s president is “considering” cancelling next week’s visit to Washington following President Donald Trump’s order to begin construction of a wall betw...
Jan 25, 2017
Christo abandons Over the River project in Colorado
DENVER - The artist Christo said Wednesday he has abandoned his plan to drape translucent fabric above portions of Colorado’s scenic Arkansas River, a proposal that generated fierce opposition a...
Jan 25, 2017
Police: Boy shot classmate, then asked victim to shoot him
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio teen accused of shooting a classmate in school expressed surprise his victim was still alive, apologized and then turned his shotgun around and asked the student to kill him,...
Jan 25, 2017
Woman nearly carjacked after stopping for dummy in road
NEWPORT, N.C. - A sheriff’s office says a woman narrowly escaped being carjacked after spotting what she thought was a child sitting in the middle of the road in the dark of night. It turned out...
Jan 25, 2017
Pioneering TV actress Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80
LOS ANGELES - Mary Tyler Moore didn’t have it all on her 1970s sitcom, but what she had was enough. A husband and kids, long the stock TV recipe for female contentment, were absent from “T...
Jan 25, 2017
NewsAlert: Actress Mary Tyler Moore is dead at age 80, publicist says
NEW YORK - Actress Mary Tyler Moore is dead at age 80, publicist says. More coming. The Associated Press
Jan 25, 2017