Category Archives: World
Trump expects 'big results' from his choice to lead USDA
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump said Thursday that he expects that former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, his choice to lead the Agriculture Department, will “deliver big results for all Americans who earn...
Jan 19, 2017
3 killed, 20 hurt after car strikes pedestrians in Melbourne
SYDNEY, Australia - A man deliberately drove into a street crowded with pedestrians in Australia’s second-largest city on Friday, killing at least three people and injuring 20 others, police sai...
Jan 19, 2017
California scientist names moth species after Donald Trump
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A scientist in California has named a newly discovered moth species after President-elect Donald Trump, saying the white and yellow scales on the insect’s head are reminisce...
Jan 19, 2017
Samsung to announce cause of Galaxy Note 7 fire on Jan. 23
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Samsung Electronics said Friday it will announce on Jan. 23 the reason why its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones overheated and caught fire. The announcement will be livestreamed i...
Jan 19, 2017
Freeze-dried food and 1 bathroom: 6 simulate Mars in dome
HONOLULU - Crammed into a dome with one bathroom, six scientists will spend eight months munching on mostly freeze-dried foods - with a rare treat of Spam - and have only their small sleeping quarters...
Jan 19, 2017
Timeline of inauguration events Friday
Timeline of Friday’s events as Donald Trump is inaugurated president of the United States (all times EST): BEFORE THE CEREMONY - 8:30 a.m.: Donald and Melania Trump attend service at St. John...
Jan 19, 2017
Trump steps into security bubble; will he bring his phone?
WASHINGTON - A few hours after President-elect Donald Trump was briefed by intelligence officials about Russian meddling in the election, an Associated Press reporter called his cellphone seeking an i...
Jan 19, 2017
As Trump takes the oath, many voters still can't believe it
On the morning 19 months ago when Donald Trump descended the escalator in his glitzy Manhattan tower, waving to onlookers who lined the rails, many Americans knew little about him beyond that he was v...
Jan 19, 2017
Mexican drug lord El Chapo lands in New York to face charges
NEW YORK - Infamous Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in his country, was extradited at the request of the United States to fa...
Jan 19, 2017
Group: Settlement will cut oil pollution at Washington dam
SEATTLE - The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Thursday agreed to obtain a pollution permit to settle allegations that operations at the Grand Coulee Dam in eastern Washington polluted the Columbia River...
Jan 19, 2017