Category Archives: World
Consumer watchdog structure ruled unconstitutional
WASHINGTON - The U.S. consumer watchdog agency, enmeshed in partisan politics since its creation after the financial crisis, now has had its structure ruled unconstitutional because it gives too much ...
Oct 11, 2016
Legal pot could upend years of drug smuggling in Arizona
NOGALES, Ariz. - The hills on the Arizona border with Mexico are steep and bumpy as Paul Estrada drives along the fence, patrolling for drug and human smugglers. Passing traffic signs pocked with bull...
Oct 11, 2016
Khloe Kardashian: Kim's 'not doing that well' after heist
LOS ANGELES - Khloe Kardashian says her older sister, Kim Kardashian West, is “not doing that well” more than a week after she was held up during a Paris jewelry heist. During an appearanc...
Oct 11, 2016
Image of Asia: Praying for the health of Thailand's king
In this photo by Sakchai Lalit, Thais hold portraits of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej outside Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, where the ailing 88-year-old monarch has been treated for years. S...
Oct 11, 2016
Springsteen and others focus on election at New Yorker fest
NEW YORK - It didn’t take more than an hour for the annual New Yorker Festival to get down to the elephant in the room: Donald Trump. “You knew we were going there,” the magazineR...
Oct 11, 2016
Art-loving Duchess of Cambridge visits Dutch museum
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The art-loving Duchess of Cambridge is visiting a Dutch museum that is hosting a temporary exhibition of Old Master paintings that may well look familiar. The former Kate Midd...
Oct 11, 2016
Analysis: Clinton, Trump tax plans are "mirror images"
SANTA FE, N.M. - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s tax plans are “mirror images” of one another, with the Democrat proposing steep tax hikes on the wealthy while the Republican cand...
Oct 11, 2016
Why do evangelicals prefer Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton?
NEW YORK - Cracks have appeared in evangelical support for Donald Trump over the video of his sexually predatory comments about women. But backing from some of his most high-profile conservative Chris...
Oct 11, 2016
In split, Ryan stumping for House GOP but not for Trump
CHESTER SPRINGS, Pa. - For Paul Ryan, October is now all about protecting the Republican majority of the House - and his own job as speaker. The Wisconsin Republican can’t ignore Donald Trump, h...
Oct 11, 2016
UK report warns of criminals becoming terrorists
LONDON - The lines between terrorism and criminality are becoming blurred as an increasing number of former criminals join the Islamic State group and create a “gangster jihad,” according ...
Oct 11, 2016