Category Archives: World
Nintendo: Nintendo Switch game console to launch in March
TOKYO - Nintendo Co. said Friday that its Nintendo Switch video game console will sell for 29,980 yen (about $260) in Japan, starting March 3. The Kyoto-based maker of Super Mario and Pokemon games ma...
Jan 12, 2017
Federal government: Indiana residents officially 'Hoosiers'
INDIANAPOLIS - Much like folks in the Northeast refer to themselves as Yankees, those from Indiana have long referred to themselves as Hoosiers (HOO’-zhurz), even though its origin has been lost...
Jan 12, 2017
Capitol Hill Buzz: Russian news site interrupts C-SPAN
WASHINGTON - Moscow, we have a problem. Web surfers expecting to tune into C-SPAN’s online feed of debate in the House on Thursday instead saw images supplied by the Russian news site RT, which ...
Jan 12, 2017

PR effort? Questions surround Trump's hotel profits pledge
WASHINGTON - It’s a public relations win for the president-elect: Donald Trump’s company says it will donate profits from any foreign governments that use his hotels. In practice, however,...
Jan 12, 2017

Syria says Israeli missiles struck near military airport
BEIRUT - Syria accused Israel of firing missiles early Friday that landed near a major military base west of Damascus, in the third such reported attack in nearly six weeks to hit near the capital. Th...
Jan 12, 2017

Obama ends visa-free path for Cubans who make it to US soil
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama announced Thursday he is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident. The repeal of...
Jan 12, 2017

Obama to ease Sudan sanctions on way out
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is set to ease sanctions against Sudan and broaden now limited talks with the long estranged African government, a U.S.-designated terrorism sponsor whose leader ...
Jan 12, 2017
Judge: Appeals holding up Prince estate determination
CHASKA, Minn. - The Minnesota judge overseeing Prince’s estate will wait for appeals to be exhausted before making a final determination on who will inherit a fortune that could be worth around ...
Jan 12, 2017

Biden: Intel officials told us Trump allegations might leak
WASHINGTON - Vice-President Joe Biden said Thursday that top intelligence leaders told him and President Barack Obama they felt obligated to inform them about uncorroborated allegations about Presiden...
Jan 12, 2017
Wanted part-time in Austria: A hermit
VIENNA - Wanted, part-time: A hermit. Experience not necessary. Municipal and Roman Catholic church officials in the Austrian town of Saalfelden are looking for someone to live in a nearby hermitage b...
Jan 12, 2017