Category Archives: World
VP candidate Kaine's faith an influence, sometime struggle
RALEIGH, N.C. - The morning after Tim Kaine was named the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, his first stop wasn’t a rally or a swing state meet-and-greet - it was a church in Richmond, Virgi...
Oct 03, 2016
Obama, DiCaprio team up against climate change
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and actor Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up on the White House South Lawn on Monday to sound a call for urgent action to combat climate change. Obama told a crowd gathere...
Oct 03, 2016
Kansas tax collections fall $45M short of mark in September
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas collected nearly $45 million less in taxes than expected in September, complicating the state’s budget picture five weeks before an election in which Republican Gov. Sam Br...
Oct 03, 2016
Cosby can't attend accuser's deposition in defamation suit
PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge in Philadelphia has barred Bill Cosby from attending the deposition his accuser gives in her defamation suit against a former district attorney. But the judge says Cosby...
Oct 03, 2016
Suspect in custody after shots fired in North Carolina
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. - Police say someone fired multiple shots in a North Carolina beach town, and that a suspect is in custody. No injuries were reported. The New Hanover County Sheriff’s offic...
Oct 03, 2016
Appeals court upholds order against Pence on Syrian refugees
INDIANAPOLIS - A federal appeals court on Monday dismissed as “nightmare speculation” Indiana Gov. Mike Pence’s fears that Syrian refugees could commit acts of terror, siding with a ...
Oct 03, 2016
US-Russia relations plummet further over Syria, Ukraine
WASHINGTON - Already testy, relations between the United States and Russia plummeted Monday as Washington suspended diplomatic contacts with Moscow over failed efforts to end the war in Syria and Pres...
Oct 03, 2016
AP: "Apprentice" cast & crew say lewd Trump demeaned women
NEW YORK - In his years as a reality TV boss on “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, according to show insiders who said he rated female contestan...
Oct 03, 2016
Attorney general to Trump Foundation: Stop fundraising in NY
ALBANY, N.Y. - The New York attorney general’s office has ordered the Trump Foundation to immediately stop fundraising in the state, saying it isn’t registered to do so. James Sheehan, hea...
Oct 03, 2016
College student accused in face-biting attack taken to jail
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A college student who deputies say bit a dead man’s face after stabbing him and his wife to death outside their Florida home was released from the hospital Monday and tak...
Oct 03, 2016