World

Venice’s dwindling population faces mounting woes

VENICE, Italy - One of only four oar makers for Venice's famed gondoliers, Paolo Brandolisio wades through his ground-floor workshop for the third time in a week of record-breaking floods, despairing ...

Nov 18, 2019

3rd record tide enters Venice as Italy hit with snow, rain

VENICE, Italy - Venice was hit Sunday by a record third exceptional tide in the same week while other parts of Italy struggled with a series of weather woes, from rain-swollen rivers to high winds to ...

Nov 18, 2019

Pelosi invites Trump to testify as new witnesses prepare

WASHINGTON - Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Donald Trump to testify in front of investigators in the House impeachment inquiry ahead of a week that will see several key witnes...

Nov 18, 2019

Chicago teachers approve contract deal that ended strike

Chicago teachers on Friday approved the contract deal that ended an 11-day strike and includes pay raises, $35 million to enforce limits on class sizes and a pledge to supply each school with a nurse ...

Nov 18, 2019

Gotabaya Rajapaksa sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Former defence official Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been sworn in as Sri Lanka's president and appealed to the minority Tamil and Muslim communities who voted against him to rally arou...

Nov 17, 2019

Protesters try to leave Hong Kong campus but avoid arrest

HONG KONG - For days, Hong Kong's protesters fortified a university campus to keep police from getting in. Now, cornered by authorities, they are trying to get out. Officers repelled one attempt Monda...

Nov 17, 2019

Reid: Iowa, NH not diverse enough to provide Dems’ guidance

LAS VEGAS - Iowa and New Hampshire get to weigh in first on the Democratic presidential contest next year, but the states are not ethnically diverse enough to offer any insight into how a candidate wi...

Nov 17, 2019

AP sources: Epstein jail guards had been offered plea deal

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors offered a plea deal to two correctional officers responsible for guarding Jeffrey Epstein on the night of his death, but the officers have declined the offer, people f...

Nov 17, 2019

Planned Parenthood awarded $2.3 million for secret videos

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury found Friday that an anti-abortion activist illegally secretly recorded workers at Planned Parenthood clinics and is liable for violating federal and state laws. The jur...

Nov 17, 2019

Roger Stone guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress

WASHINGTON - He was proud of his reputation as a practitioner of political dirty tricks and frequently boasted about the extent of his contacts and the depth of his insider information. Now Roger Ston...

Nov 17, 2019