Category Archives: World
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange retreats from extradition pledge
PARIS - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange retreated from his pledge to accept extradition to the U.S. if Chelsea Manning was granted clemency, arguing Wednesday via his lawyers that what he was really ...
Jan 18, 2017
Judge scolds government over Iraq detainee abuse pictures
NEW YORK - A federal judge scolded the government on Wednesday for being overprotective of potentially disturbing images of how the military treated prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan and proceeding as...
Jan 18, 2017
American Humane investigating treatment of dog in film
LOS ANGELES - The organization that ensures animal safety in film and television productions said Wednesday it is investigating whether a frightened dog was forced into churning water during the makin...
Jan 18, 2017
Raccoons recover at California zoo after cross-country ride
OAKLAND, Calif. - Baby raccoons that inadvertently hitched a cross-country ride to Northern California are recovering at the Oakland Zoo. Animal care authorities said Tuesday that in September a man h...
Jan 18, 2017
Federal study on Dakota Access pipeline to move forward
BISMARCK, N.D. - A federal judge said Wednesday he won’t keep the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from launching a full environmental study of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline’s disput...
Jan 18, 2017
CIA publishes guidelines for handling Americans' info
WASHINGTON - Two days before Donald Trump takes office, the CIA on Wednesday published for the first time its guidelines for how it collects, stores, searches and shares information about Americans. N...
Jan 18, 2017
JPMorgan settles mortgage discrimination lawsuit
NEW YORK - JPMorgan Chase will pay $55 million to settle federal charges that independent brokers working for the bank discriminated against minorities seeking home mortgages during the housing crisis...
Jan 18, 2017
Paul McCartney files lawsuit against Sony/ATV over copyright
NEW YORK - Paul McCartney says he wants his music to get back to where it once belonged. McCartney filed a lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday against Sony/ATV over copyright ownership ...
Jan 18, 2017
Netflix's shrinking DVD service faces uncertain future
SAN FRANCISCO - Originally cast in a starring role, Netflix’s original DVD-by-mail service has been reduced to a bit player - one that may eventually get killed off as the company focuses on its...
Jan 18, 2017
Indian activist Peltier's supporters hope for clemency
MINNEAPOLIS - Supporters of American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison in the killing of two FBI agents in South Dakota in 1975, hope President Barack Obama wil...
Jan 18, 2017