Category Archives: World

California lawmakers agree to health benefits for immigrants
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will become the first state to pay for some adults living in the country illegally to have full health benefits as the solidly liberal bastion continues to resist the p...
Jun 09, 2019

'Hadestown' jumps to lead of pack before Tonys really start
NEW YORK - The arty and original "Hadestown," which takes place in the underworld of Greek mythology, began its night at the Tony Awards with four wins before the telecast even started. Rachel Hauck t...
Jun 09, 2019

Free traders no more? GOP warms up to Trump's use of tariffs
WASHINGTON - With President Donald Trump threatening to slap tariffs on goods from Mexico, his transformation of Republican Party trade policy is nearly complete. Republican lawmakers usually don't li...
Jun 09, 2019

'The Buffalo Hunt' seeks to show tribe in a new light
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - "The Buffalo Hunt," a new documentary on the homeland of the Oglala Lakota, attempts to shun clichs around the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota involving poverty and a...
Jun 09, 2019

Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger announce marriage
Chris Pratt says he and Katherine Schwarzenegger were married over the weekend. He announced the nuptials Sunday in an Instagram post accompanied by a photo of the couple walking hand-in-hand. He says...
Jun 09, 2019

'Secret Life of Pets 2' bests 'Dark Phoenix' at box office
LOS ANGELES - After nearly 20 years, the current manifestation of X-Men movies is going out with a whimper. Studios on Sunday estimate that "Dark Phoenix" earned a franchise low of $33 million from 3,...
Jun 09, 2019

Spike Lee calls for Hollywood to 'shut it down' in Georgia
LOS ANGELES - Director Spike Lee is calling for Hollywood production companies to leave Georgia over a law that would ban abortions as early as six weeks, upon detection of a fetal heartbeat. Most stu...
Jun 09, 2019

6 dead in storms and floods in southeastern China
BEIJING - Six people have died and one is missing after heavy rains and flooding in southeastern China, the official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday. Xinhua said that 88,000 people have been evacuated ...
Jun 09, 2019

Pope laments current "culture of insults," church propaganda
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has lamented what he calls today's "culture of insults" in the world. In his homily during Pentecost Mass Sunday in St. Peter's Square, Francis also decried that "the more ...
Jun 09, 2019

G-20 finance officials pledge to protect global growth
FUKUOKA, Japan - Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 major economies wrapped up a meeting in Japan on Sunday with a pledge to use all the policies they can to protect global...
Jun 09, 2019