Category Archives: World
Does baby powder cause cancer? Another jury says yes.
TRENTON, N.J. - For the third time, Johnson & Johnson has been hit with a multimillion-dollar jury verdict over whether the talc in its iconic baby powder causes ovarian cancer when applied regula...
Oct 28, 2016
NewsAlert: Clinton predicts new FBI probe on emails will not change anything
DES MOINES, Iowa - Hillary Clinton says she is confident new emails will not change FBI’s conclusion she should not face prosecution. She also calls on FBI to immediately release all information...
Oct 28, 2016
UN gets release of 876 children detained by Nigeria military
LAGOS, Nigeria - The United Nations has negotiated the release this year of 876 children detained at a Nigerian army barracks holding suspected collaborators of the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group,...
Oct 28, 2016
Lost cause? North Korea nuke threat awaits next president
WASHINGTON - If North Korea has been a foreign policy headache for Barack Obama’s presidency, it threatens to be a migraine for his successor. The next president will likely contend with an adve...
Oct 28, 2016
Trump gives $10 million, still short on investment promise
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will spend $100 million or more of his own money on his presidential bid. Yet even with a fresh donation, he is $34 million short of that promise. The ...
Oct 28, 2016
Trump U staff included drug trafficker, child molester
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump says he hand-picked only the best to teach success at Trump University. But dozens of those hired by the company had checkered pasts - including serious financial problems an...
Oct 28, 2016
Mayor declares 'Paisley Park Day' as Prince museum reopens
CHANHASSEN, Minn. - Prince’s Paisley Park studio complex and home reopened permanently Friday as a museum honouring his musical legacy, and the mayor of the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen decl...
Oct 28, 2016
Man loses latest court fight over violent Facebook posts
PHILADELPHIA - A U.S. appeals court is affirming the conviction of a Pennsylvania man who posted violent rap lyrics on Facebook that took aim at his estranged wife, an elementary school and the FBI. T...
Oct 28, 2016
Bundy attorney cited for failing to comply with order
PORTLAND, Ore. - Ammon Bundy’s lawyer will be back in Oregon next year, this time as the accused. In a bizarre ending to the trial, Marcus Mumford was wrestled to the ground by U.S. marshals and...
Oct 28, 2016
Hungarian musicians recall secret jazz recordings from 1956
BUDAPEST, Hungary - In Hungary of the 1950s, jazz music was a dangerous pastime - but music lovers got some clandestine help from the United States government. Jazz was a tool of U.S. Cold War diploma...
Oct 28, 2016