Category Archives: World

Obama speaks, and listeners hear nothing but 'Donald Trump'
NEW YORK - It doesn’t matter what President Barack Obama says these days, his listeners are bound to hear two words: Donald Trump. With his proclivity for dominating the conversation, the Republ...
Sep 22, 2016
Syrian White Helmets share 'Alternative Nobel' with 3 others
STOCKHOLM - A volunteer group that rescues civilians from bombed-out buildings in Syria shares this year’s Right Livelihood Award, sometimes known as the “Alternative Nobel,” with ac...
Sep 22, 2016

California pot farm violence concerns rise during harvest
SAN FRANCISCO - The four brothers were badly beaten, cold and terrified for their lives when they appeared before dawn at a stranger’s Northern California door begging for help. Hours earlier, t...
Sep 22, 2016

Afghanistan signs draft peace deal with prominent warlord
KABUL - Afghanistan’s government signed a draft peace deal on Thursday with a designated “global terrorist” after lengthy negotiations that could pave the way for a similar accord wi...
Sep 22, 2016

Report: Trump proposals would add $5.3 trillion to debt
DENVER - A new analysis from a nonpartisan group finds that Donald Trump’s latest tax proposals would increase the federal debt by $5.3 trillion over the next decade, compared with $200 billion ...
Sep 22, 2016
Satellite technology beams expertise to remote Alaska clinic
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The only clinic in one of the nation’s busiest commercial fishing ports is so remote that even conventional telemedicine for emergencies has been impossible for its limited s...
Sep 22, 2016
Sanctuaries across US prepare for influx of lab chimpanzees
CLE ELUM, Wash. - A Dora the Explorer-themed banner, paper plates full of fruit and a bevy of troll dolls make up the decorations at a special birthday party in Washington state. Staffers drum up exci...
Sep 22, 2016
Placid scene may replace NY village's controversial logo
WHITESBORO, N.Y. - A 20-year-old college student’s design is being considered to replace an upstate New York village’s official logo, which appears to show a white man throttling an Indian...
Sep 22, 2016

3rd night of Charlotte protests stays largely peaceful
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Protesters massed on Charlotte’s streets for a third night Thursday in the latest sign of mounting pressure for police to release video that could resolve wildly different acco...
Sep 22, 2016

Man guilty in plot for Islamic State group to behead blogger
BOSTON - A man charged with plotting to help the Islamic State group pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiracy charges, including a plot to behead conservative blogger Pamela Geller. Nicholas Rovinski,...
Sep 21, 2016