Category Archives: World
State GOP wary as Republicans push repeal of health law
ATLANTA - Congressional Republicans’ drive to repeal the 2010 health care law has financial and political repercussions for GOP leaders in the states and gives Democrats potential openings as th...
Jan 09, 2017
Pakistani groups note drop in violence, credit the military
ISLAMABAD - Two Pakistani research groups have noted that the country saw a significant drop in militant violence last year, crediting the military for the decrease in attacks. The two Islamabad-based...
Jan 09, 2017
To celebrate inaugural or not? Trump critics are divided
WASHINGTON - It’s typically an unquestioned honour to participate in the inauguration of an American president. Who wouldn’t want to be part of such a historic event? This time, though, it...
Jan 09, 2017
Huge Catholic procession held under heavy security in Manila
MANILA, Philippines - A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Filipino Catholics joined an annual procession of a centuries-old statue of Jesus Christ held Monday under tight security due to fears of possi...
Jan 09, 2017
China's poorest, trying to stay warm, add greatly to smog
QIAN’AN, China - An overloaded coal truck rumbles down from the steel factory and hits a bump, sending chunks of its black cargo skittering and click-clicking along the asphalt. Waiting by the r...
Jan 09, 2017
AP-NORC Poll: Obama won nation's approval, didn't unite it
WASHINGTON - More Americans feel Barack Obama’s presidency divided the country than feel it brought people together, a new poll shows. Yet he leaves office held in high esteem by a solid majorit...
Jan 09, 2017
Dylann Roof sentenced to death for killing 9 church members
CHARLESTON, S.C. - An unrepentant Dylann Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for...
Jan 09, 2017
Cruise line offered counselling after airport shooting
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - For many flight passengers arriving Friday in Fort Lauderdale, it was supposed to be the start of an idyllic week cruising the Caribbean. Then, the deadly shooting in baggage c...
Jan 09, 2017
FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein leads airport case
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The FBI agent who interrogated Saddam Hussein alone for months after the former Iraqi leader’s capture is now leading the investigation into the Florida airport shooting ...
Jan 09, 2017
What happens next in Florida airport shooting legal case?
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Esteban Santiago, the former Army soldier held in the mass killing inside the Fort Lauderdale airport, was told Monday that he could face a death sentence. The 26-year-old Iraq...
Jan 09, 2017