Category Archives: World
Who pays for the wall? Dispute clouds Trump's Mexico visit
MEXICO CITY — On Mexican soil for the first time as the Republican presidential nominee, a firm but measured Donald Trump defended the right of the United States to build a massive border wall a...
Aug 31, 2016

Historic commercial flight from US lands in Cuba
SANTA CLARA, Cuba — The first commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than a half century landed in the central city of Santa Clara on Wednesday morning, re-establishing reg...
Aug 31, 2016
US court upholds ban on gun sales to marijuana card holders
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal ban on the sale of guns to medical marijuana card holders does not violate the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circ...
Aug 31, 2016
US set to destroy big chemical weapon stockpile
DENVER — The U.S. Army plans to start operating a $4.5 billion plant next week that will destroy the nation’s largest remaining stockpile of mustard agent, complying with an international ...
Aug 31, 2016

YouTube star PewDiePie back on Twitter after ISIS joke
LOS ANGELES — The most popular YouTuber is back on Twitter after joking that his account became unverified because he joined ISIS. Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg’s Twitter account...
Aug 31, 2016
US high court refuses to reinstate North Carolina voter ID
RALEIGH, N.C. — A divided U.S. Supreme Court refused Wednesday to reinstate North Carolina’s voter identification requirement and keep just 10 days of early in-person voting. The decision ...
Aug 31, 2016
NYPD might not say if officer in chokehold death is punished
New York City might never tell the public if the police officer at the centre of the Eric Garner chokehold death case is disciplined, the mayor and police commissioner indicated this week after reachi...
Aug 31, 2016
Chris Brown faces more legal trouble after police standoff
LOS ANGELES — It seems Chris Brown can’t avoid trouble. Following a bizarre, hourslong standoff with police, the “Deuces” and “Look At Me Now” singer was arrested T...
Aug 31, 2016
Correction: Obit-Gene Wilder story
A corrected version of the story is below: Actor Gene Wilder, star of Mel Brooks movies, dies at 83 Gene Wilder, the star of such comedy classics as “Young Frankenstein” and “Blazing...
Aug 31, 2016

2 dead in plane crash at Nevada RV park near airport
SPARKS, Nev. — A small plane that crashed into a northern Nevada recreational vehicle park, killing both people on board, plunged nose-first close to occupied RVs — and no one on the groun...
Aug 31, 2016