Category Archives: World
23 dead in explosion and fire at Bangladesh factory
NEW DELHI - A boiler exploded and triggered a fire at a packaging factory near Bangladesh’s capital on Saturday, killing at least 23 workers and injuring dozens, officials said. Fire officials s...
Sep 10, 2016
In dash to November, campaigns pin hopes on turnout efforts
IOWA CITY, Iowa - Over pizza and cupcakes, Jose Nunez implored a crowd of University of Iowa students to pull out their smartphones and start sharing with online friends their personal reasons for bac...
Sep 10, 2016
After 15 years, last artifacts of 9-11 have been given away
NEW YORK - Behind the barbed wire, the minivan’s busted windows and crumpled roof hint at its story. But forklifted to this windblown spot on the John F. Kennedy International Airport tarmac, be...
Sep 10, 2016
Election hacks raise fears of Russian influence
WASHINGTON - Recent hacks of election data systems in at least two states have raised fear among lawmakers and intelligence officials that a foreign government is trying to seed doubt about - or even ...
Sep 10, 2016
After 15 years, last artifacts of 9-11 have been given away
NEW YORK - Behind the barbed wire, the white minivan’s busted windows and crumpled roof hint at its story. But forklifted to this windblown spot on the John F. Kennedy International Airport tarm...
Sep 10, 2016
Streisand uses song to mock Trump at Clinton fundraiser
NEW YORK - Barbra Streisand put her feelings about Donald Trump into song Friday night. At an LGBT fundraiser for Hillary Clinton Friday, the singer performed a parody of the Stephen Sondheim song ...
Sep 10, 2016
Facebook co-founder pledging $20 million to defeat Trump
WASHINGTON - With a new promise of $20 million to help defeat Donald Trump, billionaire Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz becomes one of the top Democratic donors of the election The Silicon Valley...
Sep 10, 2016
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's false claim of opposing the Iraq War
NEW YORK - Over and over again, Donald Trump says he opposed the Iraq War before it started. But no matter how many times the Republican candidate for president says it, the facts are clear: He did no...
Sep 10, 2016
WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election
WASHINGTON - A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief: IMMIGRATION The future of millions of people living in the U.S. illegally could well b...
Sep 10, 2016
EU finance ministers line up behind tax ruling against Apple
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - The Dutch finance minister urged Apple on Saturday to “get ready” to pay up. Jeroen Dijsselbloem and his counterparts from other EU nations lined up behind a finding...
Sep 10, 2016