Category Archives: World
Texas carries out first US execution of 2017
HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Texas on Wednesday put to death an inmate convicted of killing two men over a phoney drug deal, the first U.S. execution of 2017. Christopher Wilkins, 48, was declared dead at 6:29...
Jan 11, 2017
Facebook takes on a bigger role in journalism
NEW YORK - Facebook is launching a journalism project aimed at strengthening its ties with media organizations to help them expand their audiences, come up with new products and generally promote trus...
Jan 11, 2017
Trump says BuzzFeed 'garbage' for publishing allegations
PASADENA, Calif. - President-elect Donald Trump and his team on Wednesday attacked news organizations that spread unsubstantiated reports about a damaging dossier collected on him by Russia, an incide...
Jan 11, 2017
Congress takes first steps to dismantle health care law
WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans are taking the first steps toward dismantling President Barack Obama’s health care law, facing pressure from President-elect Donald Trump to move quickly o...
Jan 11, 2017
Ivanka Trump shifting gears, heading to Washington
DES MOINES, Iowa - Ivanka Trump plans to step aside from her executive roles at the Trump Organization and her lifestyle brand, but says she is confident both businesses will continue to “thrive...
Jan 11, 2017
Trump's Treasury pick boosted an investment with TV talk
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to become Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, will sell 43 assets to avoid conflicts of interest in office, according to new filings made publi...
Jan 11, 2017
US ethics chief blasts Trump plan to keep business profits
WASHINGTON - The director of the federal government’s ethics agency Wednesday blasted President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to maintain his business empire by turning it over to his sons ins...
Jan 11, 2017
6 VW employees indicted in emissions scandal; VW fined $4.3B
WASHINGTON - Six high-level Volkswagen employees from Germany were indicted in the U.S. on Wednesday in the VW emissions-cheating scandal, while the company itself agreed to plead guilty to criminal c...
Jan 11, 2017
Opposition stalls end of Yellowstone grizzly protections
BILLINGS, Mont. - A deluge of opposition from dozens of American Indian tribes, conservation groups and some scientists is tying up a decision on lifting protections for more than 700 grizzly bears in...
Jan 11, 2017
Trump's long-awaited news conference quickly turns combative
NEW YORK - A shouting match with a reporter. A long unexplained prop. An unexpected interlude from a lawyer. Donald Trump’s raucous first news conference as president-elect bore little resemblan...
Jan 11, 2017