Category Archives: World

Massachusetts temporarily banning sale of vaping products
BOSTON - The governor of Massachusetts is declaring a public health emergency and ordering a four-month ban on the sale of vaping products in the state. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's order Tuesday a...
Sep 24, 2019

FBI agents conduct apparent raid at Illinois Capitol
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - FBI agents were at the Illinois state capitol building in Springfield related to law enforcement work, a bureau spokesman said Tuesday. The spokesman, John Althen, wouldn't provide...
Sep 24, 2019

Fox apologizes for 'disgraceful' comment about Thunberg
NEW YORK - Fox News has apologized for a guest's "disgraceful" description of environmental activist Greta Thunberg as mentally ill but was silent Tuesday on Laura Ingraham likening her to a murderous...
Sep 24, 2019

In cryptic tweet, Antonio Brown appears to retire from NFL
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Antonio Brown went on a Twitter rant on his first NFL Sunday without a team, announcing he was done for good with the league that exiled him. Even though, he claimed, it had been m...
Sep 24, 2019

Trump says transcript of Ukraine conversation to be released
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he has directed the release on Wednesday of the "unredacted" transcript of his July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Trump has acknowle...
Sep 24, 2019

Volkswagen bosses charged in Germany over emissions scandal
BERLIN - German prosecutors dealt a blow to Volkswagen's efforts to put the 2015 emissions-cheating case behind it, charging the automaker's chief executive, chairman and former CEO with stock manipul...
Sep 24, 2019

Thomas Cook repatriation ramps up as bosses slammed over pay
LONDON - Britain's biggest repatriation effort since World War II ramped up on Tuesday as questions swirled over the pay Thomas Cook executives received in the run-up to the tour operator's collapse, ...
Sep 24, 2019

'Thrones,' 'Fleabag' top Emmys, Billy Porter makes history
LOS ANGELES - "Game of Thrones" resurrected the Iron Throne at Sunday's Emmy ceremony, ruling as top drama on a night of surprises in which "Pose" star Billy Porter made history and the comedy series ...
Sep 24, 2019

AP Interview: Karzai says Afghan election threatens peace
KABUL - Former president Hamid Karzai says Saturday's presidential election threatens Afghanistan's best chance of making peace with the Taliban and ending 18 years of war. Karzai, still one of the mo...
Sep 24, 2019

TV producer Dick Wolf making history with 'Law & Order: SVU'
NEW YORK - That familiar "cha-CHUNG" sound effect from the opening credits of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" this Thursday will signal the debut of a new season and something else - TV histor...
Sep 24, 2019