Category Archives: World
TV's new 'Star Trek' takeoff delayed until May 2017
LOS ANGELES - The latest TV edition of “Star Trek” is launching a few months later than planned. Streaming service CBS All Access said Wednesday that “Star Trek: Discovery” wil...
Sep 14, 2016
NYC to pull plug on sidewalk internet after porn complaints
NEW YORK - The web-browsing feature of New York City’s sidewalk Wi-Fi kiosks will be disabled after critics complained that homeless people were monopolizing them and using them to watch porn, o...
Sep 14, 2016

Detectives: Suspect in Florida mosque fire confessed
FORT PIERCE, Fla. - An ex-convict who posted anti-Islamic rants online confessed to setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter occasionally attended, and said he was embarrassed by th...
Sep 14, 2016

US official: Difficult to alter US elections through hacking
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama’s homeland security adviser said Wednesday that it would be very hard for someone to hack into America’s voting systems in a way that could alter an ele...
Sep 14, 2016
Bill Clinton to leave board of foundation health project
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Former President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea will leave the board of a health project connected to the Clinton Foundation, should Hillary Clinton win the White House. Their ...
Sep 14, 2016
Republican hold on Mormon voters slips with Trump as nominee
SALT LAKE CITY - Mormons Manuel and Claire Saldana say they normally identify with Republican values and principles, but the Virginia couple is struggling to stay on board with the GOP after Donald Tr...
Sep 14, 2016

In leaked emails, Powell calls Trump a 'national disgrace'
WASHINGTON - In a trove of newly leaked emails, former Secretary of State Colin Powell calls Donald Trump “a national disgrace” and suggests his own Republican Party is “crashing and...
Sep 14, 2016
The Latest: Trump 'didn't like' lack of diversity at RNC
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): 10:35 p.m. Donald Trump says he was bothered by the lack of racial diversity at the Republican National Convention - and again pu...
Sep 14, 2016

Melania Trump releases more immigration details, no records
WASHINGTON - Melania Trump released a letter Wednesday from an immigration attorney that provided more detail on what she said was her legal pathway to U.S. citizenship. But the Slovenian-born wife of...
Sep 14, 2016

US, Israel sign massive military aid deal; $38B, 10 years
WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday signed an unprecedented new security agreement with Israel that will give the Israeli military $38 billion over 10 years. The deal, the largest such agreeme...
Sep 14, 2016