Category Archives: World
Kansas faces $349M budget shortfall in latest forecast
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas faces a $349 million shortfall in its current budget and even bigger gaps in the near future after officials issued a new, more pessimistic fiscal forecast for the state. The for...
Nov 10, 2016
What went wrong in this year's presidential polls?
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s victory came as a surprise to many Americans, the nation’s pollsters most of all. Heading into Election Day, most national surveys overstated what will likely b...
Nov 10, 2016
Trump's in, California's out? Longshot exit bid gets boost
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Donald Trump’s election as president is giving a big social-media boost to an unlikely effort in the nation’s most populous state: a plan to vote on seceding from the ...
Nov 10, 2016
President-elect Trump means angst for 'Obamacare' consumers
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s election ushers in a time of high anxiety for people with health insurance under President Barack Obama’s law, which expanded coverage to millions but has strug...
Nov 10, 2016
Afghan official: Taliban attack German consulate, killing 6
KABUL - Germany’s consulate in northern Afghanistan was attacked when a suicide car bomber rammed the compound, killing six people and wounding more than 120, Afghan police and the German foreig...
Nov 10, 2016
Aaron Sorkin tells family 'hate given hope' by Trump win
President-elect Donald Trump’s victory has prompted Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin to pen an open letter to his daughter and his ex-wife in which he slams the Republican and vows “...
Nov 10, 2016
'60 Minutes' lands interview with president-elect for Sunday
NEW YORK - “60 Minutes” has landed the first extensive interview with President-elect Donald Trump. CBS announced on Thursday that Lesley Stahl will interview Trump on Friday at his home i...
Nov 10, 2016
Transient sentenced for trespassing at Kendall Jenner's home
LOS ANGELES - A transient convicted of trespassing outside model and reality television star Kendall Jenner’s home has been sentenced to time served in a Los Angeles jail. Shavaughn McKenzie was...
Nov 10, 2016
California teen dedicates life to finding World War II vets
LOS ANGELES - For as long as he can remember, Rishi Sharma’s heroes haven’t been sports stars or movie stars or any other kind of stars. They’ve been the U.S. combat veterans who won...
Nov 10, 2016
India businesses say shock currency swap painful but needed
NEW DELHI - Delivering one of India’s biggest-ever economic upsets, Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week declared the bulk of Indian currency notes no longer held any value and told anyone hol...
Nov 10, 2016