Category Archives: World
Secluded Baltimore mayor resigns amid scandal
Baltimore’s mayor resigned under pressure Thursday amid a flurry of investigations into whether she arranged bulk sales of her self-published children’s books to disguise hundreds of thous...
May 02, 2019
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner get married in surprise wedding
LAS VEGAS - Joe Jonas was already having a big night: reuniting with his brothers for their band’s first performance at an awards show in a decade and announcing their upcoming tour. But his nig...
May 02, 2019
Testimony ends in trial over Arkansas' use of execution drug
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A federal trial to consider the legality of Arkansas’ use of a sedative in executions ended Thursday without a ruling from the bench. In their closing arguments, lawyers for ...
May 02, 2019
Biden's rise tests Trump plan of casting foes as socialists
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump may want to cast his potential Democratic rivals as a band of angry socialists, but Joe Biden is not co-operating with Trump’s reelection strategy, and that&#...
May 02, 2019
World Press Freedom Day events raise alarm on fake news
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A rising tide of fake news and disinformation is dominating World Press Freedom Day discussions taking place this week in Ethiopia, which is hosting the event after freeing jai...
May 02, 2019
Solemn air on campus ahead of memorials for shooting victims
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The campus has turned quiet. Flowers and candles fill the steps outside the building where two students were killed. Exams have been postponed or cancelled. For students, professors ...
May 02, 2019
Barr skips House hearing; Pelosi accuses him of lying
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr skipped a House hearing Thursday on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia report, escalating an already acrimonious battle between Democrats an...
May 02, 2019
States race to regulate car-sharing apps as industry revs up
PHOENIX - When Chris Williamson was in the market for a new family car, a timely ad and conversations with a co-worker convinced him to try something out of the ordinary. He bought a BMW 3 Series conv...
May 02, 2019
News attorneys: Opioid distribution data should be public
CINCINNATI - Attorneys for news organizations argued Thursday that the U.S. public should be allowed to see federal data about how prescription opioids were distributed as the nation’s overdose ...
May 02, 2019
Key takeaways from Barr's testimony and Mueller's letter
WASHINGTON - It was Attorney General William Barr’s testimony, but Robert Mueller’s words stole the show. In his appearance Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee , Barr was on th...
May 02, 2019