Border agent questions 2 women for speaking Spanish
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent questioned two women for speaking Spanish in line at a gas station in Montana. The women, who are U.S. citizens, were asked for…
Ex-coal exec chases US Senate seat despite GOP primary loss
Interested in Midterm Elections? Add Midterm Elections as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Midterm Elections news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Despite losing the…
China considers scrapping birth limits by 2019: Bloomberg
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China is considering ending the limits it sets on the number of children a family can have, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the…
Congo begins giving experimental Ebola vaccine to medics
MBANDAKA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Congo began administering an experimental Ebola vaccine to medical staff in the northwestern city of Mbandaka on Monday to tackle an outbreak of…
Venezuela keeps voting stations open amid light turnout
Voting centers across Venezuela’s capital appeared largely empty during Sunday’s presidential election, and authorities kept polling stations open past the official closing time while government officials offered assurances that millions…
1 dead, 1 injured in cougar attack in Washington state
One man was killed and another was seriously injured when they encountered a cougar Saturday while mountain biking in Washington state. Authorities said the two men were on a morning…
U.S. gun lobby takes aim at ‘gun-hating’ banks Citi, BofA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. gun lobby is taking aim at “gun-hating” banks after Citigroup Inc and Bank of America said they would no longer provide certain banking services to…
Diesel fallout is responsibility of carmakers: German minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – German carmakers will have to take responsibility for the fallout from their cheating in diesel cars’ emission tests, Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO:…
Maersk says U.S. sanctions make doing business in Iran impossible
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The world’s largest container shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) said Thursday it would shut down its business in Iran to abide with reimposed sanctions after Washington pulled…
Canada government ready to cover some Kinder Morgan pipeline losses
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is prepared to cover any losses Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd might suffer if a proposed oil pipeline expansion continues to be delayed by political opposition, Finance…