World

High court allows use of Pentagon funds for border wall

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. The Supreme Court said Friday that it would lift a...

Jul 26, 2019

Court says Turkey violated petition-signing scholars' rights

ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's top court ruled Friday that 10 academics had their rights violated when they were sentenced on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda for signing a petition calling fo...

Jul 26, 2019

Review: 'The Great Hack' explores the dark side of big data

Thinking about finally getting off of Facebook? "The Great Hack ," a new documentary on Netflix, might just be the push you were looking for. At the very least, you'll probably never take another onli...

Jul 26, 2019

Trump says Guatemala signing deal to restrict asylum cases

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says Guatemala is signing an agreement to restrict asylum applications to the U.S. from Central America. The so-called "safe third country" agreement would require ...

Jul 26, 2019

Grasshoppers on the go make migratory stop in Las Vegas area

LAS VEGAS - A migration of mild-mannered grasshoppers sweeping through the Las Vegas area is being attributed to wet weather several months ago. Nevada state entomologist Jeff Knight told reporters on...

Jul 26, 2019

T-Mobile's $26.5B Sprint deal OKed despite competition fears

WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators have approved T-Mobile's $26.5 billion takeover of rival Sprint, despite fears of higher prices and job cuts, in a deal that would leave just three major cellphone compani...

Jul 26, 2019

US presses WTO to stop lenient trade treatment of China

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pressed the World Trade Organization on Friday to stop letting China and other economies receive lenient treatment under global trade rules by calling themselves "d...

Jul 26, 2019

MTV announces first run of films in new documentary division

NEW YORK - Films about living in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol and a St. Louis-area activist turned politician will be the first released by MTV's new documentary division. MTV announced earlier this...

Jul 26, 2019

Canadian government faces call to revoke funding for giant telescope in Hawaii

OTTAWA - Canada should remove its financial support from a plan to build a massive new telescope in Hawaii on land considered sacred by Indigenous Hawaiians, the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs said Wedne...

Jul 26, 2019

Deaths as bomber detonates in Mogadishu mayor's office

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A suicide bomber walked into the office of Mogadishu's mayor and detonated explosives strapped to his waist, killing six people and badly wounding the mayor minutes after a visit ...

Jul 26, 2019