Category Archives: World
UNC president: Job candidates say no, citing bathroom law
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - A North Carolina law limiting the legal protections of LGBT people has hampered the public universities that drive the state’s economic growth, University of North Carolina P...
Jan 18, 2017
Slain girl's dad sues Navajo Nation for lack of alert system
SHIPROCK, N.M. - The father of an 11-year-old Navajo girl who was abducted and killed has sued the tribe for failing to have an emergency notification system that he claims would have saved his daught...
Jan 18, 2017
Policeman rescues injured owl in road; 2nd time in 3 months
WHATELY, Mass. - A Massachusetts police sergeant is being credited with rescuing an injured owl for the second time in three months. Who? Whately police say Sgt. Donald Bates responded to a call about...
Jan 18, 2017
Woman who sought kidney on Craigslist gets it from mother
BARRINGTON, N.J. - A New Jersey woman who found a kidney donor on Craigslist in 2015 but later was told the organ transplant couldn’t happen because of complications has now received a kidney. E...
Jan 18, 2017
Alanis Morissette manager admits to $4.8M theft from singer
LOS ANGELES - The former business manager for Alanis Morissette admitted embezzling more than $7 million from the singer and other celebrities and agreed to plead guilty to federal charges, prosecutor...
Jan 18, 2017
Ex-NY state Sen. Sampson sentenced to 5 years in prison
NEW YORK - A once-powerful New York legislator convicted of lying to FBI agents has been sentenced to five years in prison. Former state Sen. John Sampson was also fined $75,000 at his sentencing Wedn...
Jan 18, 2017
FBI investigating threats to Jewish centres
CHICAGO - Federal authorities say they’re investigating threats to Jewish centres nationwide. A brief FBI statement Wednesday says it and the Justice Department’s civil-rights division are...
Jan 18, 2017
Chicago cop charged with murder in fatal off-duty shooting
CHICAGO - A Chicago police officer was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the shooting of an unarmed man during a dispute between the two earlier this month. Authorities say Lowell Houser, ...
Jan 18, 2017
Man says Milwaukee's sheriff detained him for shaking head
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee man says a tough-talking, cowboy-hat wearing Wisconsin sheriff detained him after a flight because the man shook his head at the lawman, who’s gained a national prominenc...
Jan 18, 2017
Washington U. class focuses on Kanye West
ST. LOUIS - A new course at Washington University in St. Louis is focused on the world of Kanye West. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2k4YXRZ ) reports that 75 students are registered for &...
Jan 18, 2017