Trump says predecessors didn’t honor fallen; response heated
Obama aid: He’s a deranged animal
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Fact-checking fake news on Facebook works – just too slowly
NEW YORK – Facebook’s effort to limit the spread of fake news using outside fact-checkers appears to be having an effect – although that finding comes with a major caveat.
Once a ...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
No clarity on Catalan independence bid
BARCELONA, Spain – A Monday morning deadline came and went without the president of the Catalonia region clarifying whether he had declared independence from Spain, and the Spanish governmen...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Better weather gives leg up to crews on California wildfires
SANTA ROSA, Calif. – The winds eased, some of the smoke began to clear and the forecast Monday offered a tantalizing chance of rain to firefighters trying to corral the blazes that have laid...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Egypt says Ramses II temple unearthed southwest of Cairo
CAIRO – Egypt’s antiquities agency says archaeologists have unearthed remains of a temple belonging to King Ramses II southwest of Cairo, which may shed light on the life of the 19th Dynasty...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Trump voters in storm-ravaged county confront climate change
PORT ARTHUR, Texas – The church was empty, except for the piano too heavy for one man to move. It had been 21 days since the greatest storm Wayne Christopher had ever seen dumped a year’s wo...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Judge refuses to throw out case against New Jersey senator
NEWARK, N.J. – In a big defeat for Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, the judge at his corruption trial Monday refused to throw out any of the charges against him in light of a U.S. Supreme Court...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Somalia truck bombing toll exceeds 300, scores remain missing
MOGADISHU, Somalia – More than 300 people were killed in the weekend truck bombing in Somalia’s capital and scores remained missing, authorities said Monday, as the fragile Horn of Africa na...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Portugal wildfires kill at least 35; 4 dead in Spain
LISBON, Portugal – Late season wildfires that broke out over the weekend in Portugal have killed at least 35 people, including a 1-month-old infant, authorities said Monday, making 2017 by f...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Weinstein Co., overwhelmed by backlash, may be up for sale
NEW YORK – The Weinstein Co., besieged by sexual harassment allegations against its namesake and co-founder, may be putting itself up for sale.
The company said Monday that it wil...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Crews search air, water for missing worker after blast
KENNER, La. – Authorities searched by air and water Monday for a Texas man who disappeared when an oil and gas platform exploded on a lake near New Orleans. Seven people were injured in the ...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
U.S. Supreme Court to hear government’s email dispute with Microsoft
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take on a major dispute over the government’s authority to force American technology companies to hand over emails and other digital informati...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
