Category Archives: World
Le Pen promises French referendum on EU if elected president
PARIS — The leader of France’s far-right National Front set the tone for her campaign for the French presidency Saturday, calling to fight an Islamist “offensive” and promising...
Sep 03, 2016
NYC garbage dump world's largest landfill-to-park project
NEW YORK — Diverse wildlife habitat. Acres of hilly grasslands. Creeks for kayaking and meadow trails for hiking and biking. This vibrant landscape at the edge of New York City was once Fresh Ki...
Sep 03, 2016
'Our cause is just,' says tribal leader in pipeline protest
STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. — High on a hill overlooking the confluence of the Missouri and Cannonball rivers, Dave Archambault II knelt and touched a stone that bears a handprint worn...
Sep 03, 2016
Democrats counting on Indiana as they eye Senate takeover
INDIANAPOLIS — Republican Senate candidates around the country, from Wisconsin to Florida, are bracing for Donald Trump to lose their states, and they’re looking for ways to win in spite o...
Sep 03, 2016

What's on Hillary Clinton's to-do list before Election Day?
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton will celebrate Labor Day with an edge over rival Donald Trump in any number of the most competitive states, even as she struggles with the challenge of sealing the d...
Sep 03, 2016

What's Donald Trump's to-do list before Election Day?
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump heads into the Labor Day weekend trailing his Hillary Clinton both nationally and in some of the most crucial states. But with just over two months to go, he still has ...
Sep 03, 2016
New York looks to expand medical marijuana program
ALBANY, N.Y. — Dan Ryszka is a pharmacist, so he knows something about medicine. But he was still stumped when drug after drug failed to curb his children’s violent seizures. Then they joi...
Sep 03, 2016
Pet monkey, Rockette, Tebow dreams for Miss America hopefuls
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Many of the 52 contestants in this year’s Miss America pageant want to cure diseases, end bullying, succeed in business or launch careers that will make them famous. ...
Sep 03, 2016

Trump supporter's 'taco trucks' remark draws mockery
PHOENIX — A Hispanic Donald Trump supporter’s assertion that without Trump there could one day be “taco trucks on every corner” in the U.S. has stirred ridicule, not to mention...
Sep 03, 2016
Police union: Officers may boycott 49ers over Kaepernick
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The union for police officers who work San Francisco home games says its members may boycott policing the stadium if the 49ers don’t discipline Colin Kaepernick for refu...
Sep 02, 2016