Category Archives: World

ICC prosecutors: US forces may have committed war crimes
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - U.S. armed forces and the CIA may have committed war crimes by torturing detainees in Afghanistan, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says in a report, ...
Nov 14, 2016
Army Corps wants more study on Dakota Access oil pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. - The Army Corps of Engineers on Monday said it has finished a review of the disputed Dakota Access pipeline but wants more study and tribal input before deciding whether to allow it to...
Nov 14, 2016
Clinton wins New Hampshire's 4 Electoral College votes
CONCORD, N.H. - Democrat Hillary Clinton has won New Hampshire’s four Electoral College votes. Republican Donald Trump’s campaign had until 5 p.m. Monday to seek a recount. His campaign di...
Nov 14, 2016
UNICEF teams up with writers for children's rights
The United Nations Children’s Fund has teamed up with over 200 prominent writers from around the globe to commemorate Universal Children’s Day. U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said Monday that n...
Nov 14, 2016

Georgia man guilty in death of toddler son left in hot SUV
BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A Georgia man whose toddler son died after being left for hours in a hot car was convicted of murder Monday by a jury that concluded a month’s worth of trial testimony and evide...
Nov 14, 2016

The Latest: Obama blames Congress for not closing Guantanamo
WASHINGTON - The latest on President Barack Obama’s news conference ahead of his last overseas trip as president (all times EST): 5:30 p.m. President Barack Obama says that he’s been unabl...
Nov 14, 2016

Conservative flame-thrower to get key White House position
WASHINGTON - Stephen Bannon, a leading force of the far-right, a flame-throwing media mogul and professional provocateur, a man who made a career out of roiling the establishment from the outside, jus...
Nov 14, 2016
Trump starting to sound like Obama on immigration
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump is starting to sound an awful lot like President Barack Obama on immigration. In his first postelection interview, Trump said he will focus on deporting crimi...
Nov 14, 2016

State of Wisconsin fights 'Making a Murderer' inmate release
MADISON, Wis. - The state of Wisconsin moved quickly Tuesday to try and block, or at least delay, the release of a man convicted in the case featured in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer....
Nov 14, 2016

PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer
NEW YORK - Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of PBS’ “NewsHour” with Judy Woodruff and a veteran journalist who moderated two vice-presidential debates, died Monday of cancer, the network said. ...
Nov 14, 2016