Category Archives: World

Ruling means Missouri's last abortion clinic stays open
O'FALLON, Mo. - Missouri's only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating after a state government administrator decided Friday that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of th...
May 29, 2020

Twitter adds 'glorifying violence' warning to Trump tweet
WASHINGTON - Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump's tweets about protests in Minneapolis, saying it violated the platform's rules about "glorifying violence." Trump, a prolific...
May 29, 2020

Alec Baldwin on pandemic life and why he worries for kids
NEW YORK - Whether he's playing President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" or hosting a new season of "Match Game," Alec Baldwin prefers working close to home. And for good reason, the 62-year ol...
May 29, 2020

Ai Weiwei says new security law is the end of Hong Kong
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei believes the newly passed national security law for Hong Kong augurs the end for the semi-autonomous city. Ai was arrested at Beijing's a...
May 29, 2020

7 shot at Louisville protest over fatal police shooting
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - At least seven people were shot in Louisville as hundreds of protesters converged on City Hall demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was fatally shot in March by po...
May 29, 2020

CNN crew arrested while reporting on Minneapolis protests
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota State Patrol on Friday arrested a CNN television crew as they reported on violent protests in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pl...
May 29, 2020

Police across US speak out against Minneapolis custody death
LOS ANGELES - Murder. Brutality. Reprehensible. Indefensible. Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a h...
May 29, 2020

Mississippi mayor flouts calls to resign over Floyd comments
PETAL, Miss. - A Mississippi mayor whose remarks about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody sparked outrage is resisting calls to resign, including from his own town's board of alde...
May 29, 2020

French carmaker Renault announces 15,000 job cuts worldwide
PARIS - Struggling French carmaker Renault on Friday announced 15,000 job cuts worldwide as part of a 2 billion-euro cost-cutting plan over three years, as the company is in bad shape amid declining s...
May 29, 2020

Man accused of killing North Dakota officer has long record
FARGO, N.D. - The first police officer to be killed in the line of duty for more than 50 years in one North Dakota city was shot multiple times by a man with a criminal history that includes interferi...
May 28, 2020