Category Archives: World
Mexico gas protests, looting leave 2 dead, 700 arrested
MEXICO CITY - Anger over gasoline prices hikes in Mexico fueled more protests and looting Thursday, and officials said the unrest had resulted in the death of a policeman and a bystander, the ransacki...
Jan 05, 2017
Lawmakers vote to rebuke UN for 'anti-Israel' resolution
WASHINGTON - The House overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan measure Thursday that rebukes the United Nations for criticizing Israeli settlements as Republicans used the debate to accuse President Bara...
Jan 05, 2017
Attorney general pick Sessions has dueling images
CAMDEN, Ala. - Upperclassmen on the Wilcox County High School football team sometimes harassed the freshmen of 1964. But linebacker Jeff Sessions, a senior who was barely bigger than his younger schoo...
Jan 05, 2017

US delays cleanup rule at uranium mines amid GOP criticism
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Federal officials withdrew a proposed requirement for companies to clean up groundwater at uranium mines across the U.S. and will reconsider a rule that congressional Republicans crit...
Jan 05, 2017
Transgender man: Catholic hospital denied my hysterectomy
TRENTON, N.J. - A transgender man sued a Roman Catholic hospital on Thursday, saying it cited religion in refusing to allow his surgeon to perform a hysterectomy as part of his sex transition. Jionni ...
Jan 05, 2017

Prosecutor: Keep venue for Cosby trial, jury from outside OK
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A prosecutor says Bill Cosby’s trial should remain at a suburban Philadelphia courthouse despite the comedian’s argument there’s been widespread negative press cove...
Jan 05, 2017
Police: Man who escaped from detention facility is captured
BOSTON - A man who climbed through razor wire to escape from a detention centre in Rhode Island, stole a car and may have tried to rob two banks was captured in Massachusetts on Thursday by a state po...
Jan 05, 2017
Indiana mayor joins crowded field to lead national Democrats
INDIANAPOLIS - A little-known mayor from Indiana on Thursday joined a crowded field of candidates seeking to become the next head of the Democratic National Committee. South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg ...
Jan 05, 2017

Correction: Pence Needle Exchanges story
INDIANAPOLIS - In a story Jan. 5 about an Indiana proposal that would allow local officials to establish needle exchange programs, The Associated Press, relying on outdated information on a state-run ...
Jan 05, 2017

Will Trump's promised wall become taxpayer-funded fence?
WASHINGTON - It was the signature promise of his campaign: Donald Trump vowed to build an impenetrable, concrete wall along the southern border. And Mexico was going to pay for it. Now as he nears ina...
Jan 05, 2017