Category Archives: World
In Trump, man elected by Americans is president they'll get
WASHINGTON - After 10 weeks, dozens of tweets and one rollicking news conference, Donald Trump’s transition into the White House has left little doubt that the man Americans elected in November ...
Jan 15, 2017

Thousands rally to resist Republican health law repeal drive
WARREN, Mich. - Thousands of people showed up in freezing temperatures on Sunday in Michigan to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders denounce Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s health car...
Jan 15, 2017
SC teen abducted as a Florida newborn meets birth parents
WALTERBORO, S.C. - An 18-year-old South Carolina woman abducted from a Florida hospital hours after her birth is meeting her biological family for the first time. Multiple media organizations report t...
Jan 15, 2017
6 killed in stampede during Hindu festival in India
KOLKATA, India - At least six people were killed in a stampede during a Hindu religious festival Sunday in eastern India, an official said. The stampede took place as hundreds of thousands of people h...
Jan 15, 2017
Britain's Prince Charles co-authors a book on climate change
LONDON - Penguin Books says Prince Charles has co-authored a book on climate change together with an environmentalist and a Cambridge scientist. The Prince of Wales, long a critic of man-made climate ...
Jan 15, 2017
Milan's Brera protects artworks after humidity system fails
MILAN - Restorers at Milan’s famous Brera Art Gallery have taken measures to protect the collection after its humidity control system failed during a “once-in-a-decade” dry, cold spe...
Jan 15, 2017
Arkansas tries to strip Gen. Lee from Martin Luther King Day
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Every third Monday in January, Arkansas state offices are closed in observance of an unlikely holiday: the shared birthdays of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and ...
Jan 15, 2017
Correction: Davos Forum story
DAVOS, Switzerland - In a story Jan. 15 about the World Economic Forum, The Associated Press erroneously reported John Drzik’s title as president of the global insurance and risk management firm...
Jan 15, 2017

Defunding Planned Parenthood could harm Iowa social program
DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa’s governor has proposed cutting funding for needy kids as part of his plan to defund Planned Parenthood, a rare step even as Republican-dominated states grapple with whet...
Jan 15, 2017
South Sudan claims mandate has expired for more UN troops
KAMPALA, Uganda - South Sudan’s government is claiming that the U.N. Security Council mandate to send a new contingent of 4,000 peacekeepers to boost the existing force has expired. Minister of ...
Jan 15, 2017