Category Archives: World

Scientists say reindeer may be shrinking due to warming
STOCKHOLM - Reindeer living on the Arctic island of Svalbard are getting smaller - and scientists say climate change may be the cause. Scientists from Britain and Norway have found that adult Svalbard...
Dec 12, 2016

Donald Trump's avoidance of formal news conference continues
NEW YORK - President-elect Donald Trump on Monday cancelled the only news conference he has scheduled since his election, continuing to communicate with the public via Twitter and carefully curated, o...
Dec 12, 2016
Oklahoma may require restroom signs in anti-abortion effort
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma plans to force hospitals, nursing homes, restaurants and public schools to post signs inside public restrooms directing pregnant women where to receive services as part of an ...
Dec 12, 2016
The Latest: Trump says he'll leave businesses before Jan. 20
WASHINGTON - The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST): 11:45 p.m. Donald Trump says he is leaving his businesses before Jan. 20 so he can “focus full time” on being presi...
Dec 12, 2016
US declassifies new documents on Argentina's dictatorship
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The U.S. government on Monday declassified a second set of records relating to human rights abuses committed during Argentina’s 1976-1983 dictatorship. The release is p...
Dec 12, 2016

Judge says electors must vote for statewide winner
DENVER - A federal judge dealt a severe setback Monday to a longshot plan to deny Donald Trump the presidency through the Electoral College, refusing to suspend a Colorado law requiring the state̵...
Dec 12, 2016
Lawyer demands college apologize after ban lifted on client
WELLESLEY, Mass. - A lawyer for one of two college students barred from their campus for taunting students at Hillary Clinton’s alma mater in Massachusetts is demanding an apology after the ban ...
Dec 12, 2016
Humpback whale tangled in fishing gear for days is freed
BOSTON - A young humpback whale that was tangled up in fishing gear off Boston for several days has been freed. The Center for Coastal Studies says its Marine Animal Entanglement Response team freed t...
Dec 12, 2016
Clarification: Pennsylvania Congressman Indicted story
PHILADELPHIA - In a story Dec. 12 about the sentencing of former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, The Associated Press reported that Fattah took a $1 million loan in 2007 from Sallie Mae’s chairman. The ...
Dec 12, 2016
Prosecutors give timeline of accused church shooter actions
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Through a dozen witnesses on Tuesday, federal prosecutors reconstructed the activities of Dylann Roof in the months leading up to night he went to a black Charleston church and shot...
Dec 12, 2016