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Choices: Amazon says it got 238 entries for 2nd headquarters

NEW YORK – Amazon will be sorting through 238 proposals from cities and regions in the United States, Canada and Mexico that are hoping to land the company’s second headquarters and the inve...

DATE: Oct 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Britain to give Canada the shipwrecks of explorer Franklin

LONDON – Britain announced Monday it will give Canada the shipwrecks of British explorer John Franklin, who perished with his crew while trying to chart the Northwest Passage through the Arc...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. general lays out Niger attack details; questions remain

WASHINGTON – The U.S. special forces unit ambushed by Islamic militants in Niger didn’t call for help until an hour into their first contact with the enemy, the top U.S. general said Monday,...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam-era Army medic

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Monday turned a Medal of Honor ceremony for a Vietnam-era Army medic who risked his life to help wounded comrades into a mini homework tutorial for the...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In Asia, Trump to warn North Korea but not likely visit DMZ

NEW YORK – For all of President Donald Trump’s overheated talk about North Korea’s Kim Jung Un and the country’s nuclear program, Trump will likely not make the customary presidential visit ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Murder trial starts for man who stoked U.S. immigration debate

SAN FRANCISCO – A Mexican national who touched off a debate on illegal immigration when he fatally shot a woman on a San Francisco pier fired the gun on purpose, a prosecutor said Monday in ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump shoots down retirement limit to pay for GOP tax cuts

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump shot down a possible approach for raising revenue to finance tax cuts in politically must-do legislation for the Republicans, promising Monday the popular...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Stephen Hawking’s Ph.D thesis goes online, website crashes

LONDON – Cambridge University has put Stephen Hawking’s doctoral thesis online, triggering such interest that it crashed the university’s website. Completed in 1966 when Hawking w...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

IS came with a hit list, left Syria town in a trail of blood

BEIRUT – The Islamic State militants came into the Syrian town with a hit list. By the time they left three weeks later, more than 70 civilians had been killed – shot or beheaded, their bodi...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Catalan parliament to respond to Spain’s planned takeover

BARCELONA, Spain – Catalonia’s regional parliament plans to hold a debate this week on the Spanish prime minister’s plan to take direct control of the region – a session many fear could lead...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New York attorney general launches probe of Weinstein Co.

ALBANY, N.Y. – State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a civil rights investigation on Monday into The Weinstein Co. following sexual harassment and assault allegations against it...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

McCain critiques Trump without labeling him ‘draft dodger’

WASHINGTON – Republican Sen. John McCain left no doubt Monday that he was thinking of President Donald Trump as he criticized the draft system during Vietnam for forcing low-income Americans...

DATE: Oct 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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