Category Archives: World
Lost cause? North Korea nuke threat awaits next president
WASHINGTON - If North Korea has been a foreign policy headache for Barack Obama’s presidency, it threatens to be a migraine for his successor. The next president will likely contend with an adve...
Oct 28, 2016
Trump gives $10 million, still short on investment promise
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will spend $100 million or more of his own money on his presidential bid. Yet even with a fresh donation, he is $34 million short of that promise. The ...
Oct 28, 2016
Trump U staff included drug trafficker, child molester
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump says he hand-picked only the best to teach success at Trump University. But dozens of those hired by the company had checkered pasts - including serious financial problems an...
Oct 28, 2016
Mayor declares 'Paisley Park Day' as Prince museum reopens
CHANHASSEN, Minn. - Prince’s Paisley Park studio complex and home reopened permanently Friday as a museum honouring his musical legacy, and the mayor of the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen decl...
Oct 28, 2016
Man loses latest court fight over violent Facebook posts
PHILADELPHIA - A U.S. appeals court is affirming the conviction of a Pennsylvania man who posted violent rap lyrics on Facebook that took aim at his estranged wife, an elementary school and the FBI. T...
Oct 28, 2016
Bundy attorney cited for failing to comply with order
PORTLAND, Ore. - Ammon Bundy’s lawyer will be back in Oregon next year, this time as the accused. In a bizarre ending to the trial, Marcus Mumford was wrestled to the ground by U.S. marshals and...
Oct 28, 2016
Hungarian musicians recall secret jazz recordings from 1956
BUDAPEST, Hungary - In Hungary of the 1950s, jazz music was a dangerous pastime - but music lovers got some clandestine help from the United States government. Jazz was a tool of U.S. Cold War diploma...
Oct 28, 2016
Prison for hacker who stole celebrities' nude photos, videos
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to a year and a half in prison for hacking into the email and online accounts of several female celebrities and stealing private information, in...
Oct 28, 2016
Volkswagen introduces new American-built 7-passenger SUV
DETROIT - Volkswagen took a big step toward recovering from its emissions-cheating scandal by introducing a new seven-passenger SUV. The Atlas SUV gives VW a family hauler entry into the fastest-growi...
Oct 28, 2016
AutoNation to sell its own parts, add used car centres
DETROIT - The largest auto dealership chain in the U.S. is expanding into stand-alone used car sales centres and will even sell its own automotive replacement parts. Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Aut...
Oct 28, 2016