Category Archives: World
Civil rights hero from 60s takes criticism as Trump backer
HIGH POINT, N.C. - Clarence Henderson was hailed as a hero nearly 60 years ago when as a young black man he participated in a sit-in at a segregated North Carolina lunch counter. In 2016, he is again ...
Oct 23, 2016
Fight over Vanderbilts' Breakers mansion goes to high court
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Rhode Island Supreme Court is stepping into a fight that has pitted dozens of members of the Vanderbilt family against a non-profit that owns several well-known mansions in Newp...
Oct 23, 2016

Space station accepts 1st Virginia delivery in 2 years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The International Space Station received its first shipment from Virginia in more than two years Sunday following a sensational nighttime launch observed 250 miles up and down t...
Oct 23, 2016
Trump's 'nasty woman' remark adds to woes with female voters
NEW YORK - “Such a nasty woman.” Like many people, 23-year-old Emily DiVito was multitasking while watching last week’s presidential debate, with a little studying and a little Twitt...
Oct 23, 2016
Arizona, long a Republican bastion, targeted by Clinton
PHOENIX - There is palpable momentum for Democrat Hillary Clinton in Arizona, a state so traditionally Republican that her party’s nominee for president has carried it just once in the past 64 y...
Oct 23, 2016

Widows of victims of Nigeria's Boko Haram say aid overdue
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - After her husband was killed by a Boko Haram suicide bomber late last year, Hajjagana Mbasaru was forced to pull her children from school and rely on friends to feed them. Like ot...
Oct 23, 2016
Ballot selfies: A look at where they are allowed or not
Secrecy in the voting booth has become a thing of the past for those ready to share their views and daily lives on social media, but laws nationwide are mixed on the question of whether voters are all...
Oct 23, 2016

Posting ballot selfies: Personal choice or illegal act?
TRENTON, N.J. - You probably already know whether you’ll vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton on Election Day, leaving one important question to consider when you walk into your polling plac...
Oct 23, 2016
The Latest: Clinton says Trump election stance a threat
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the presidential campaign (all times EDT): 10:30 p.m. Hillary Clinton says that Donald Trump’s recent suggestion that he would not concede if he lost the election was ...
Oct 23, 2016
Yoga pants parade a protest against misogyny
BARRINGTON, R.I. - Women clad in yoga pants are preparing to parade through a coastal Rhode Island town, right past the house of a man who derided the attire as tacky and ridiculous . The Sunday after...
Oct 23, 2016