All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton speaks during a rally at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Monday, March 7, 2016, in Detroit, Mich. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
    Clinton carries Mississippi; Trump, Cruz in tight GOP race

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Hillary Clinton claimed victory Tuesday night in Mississippi, padding her lead in the Democratic presidential primary and highlighting anew her strength with black voters who will be crucial to her party’s prospects in...

    • Posted March 8, 2016
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    N. Korea says it has ‘miniaturized’ nuke warheads

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The official North Korean news agency says the communist country’s leader Kim Jong-un met his nuclear scientists for a briefing and declared he was greatly pleased that warheads had been miniaturized for...

    • Posted March 8, 2016
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  • Oh Seung-hwan of the St. Louis Cardinals makes a pitch during spring training in Jupiter, Florida, on Feb. 25, 2016. (Yonhap)
    Cardinals’ Oh Seung-hwan breezes through another inning

    By The Korea Times Los Angeles staff St. Louis Cardinals’ new Korean reliever Oh Seung-hwan did not get to pitch against Park Byung-ho, but he did retire all three Minnesota Twins’ batters he faced. The anticipated Korean pitcher...

    • Posted March 8, 2016
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  • LA County supervisors order study on surge in mental competency cases

    LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The Board of Supervisors voted today to study the reason for a nearly four-fold increase in the number of criminal defendants requesting mental competency hearings over the last five years. Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Hilda...

    • Posted March 8, 2016
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  • FILE - In this April 11, 2015, the Washington Monument is seen through cherry blossoms across the Tidal Basin Saturday in Washington. The National Park Service is predicting the peak bloom for Washington's cherry blossom trees between March 31 and April 3. 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
    Park Service revises prediction for peak of cherry blossoms

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Unseasonably warm weather has prompted the National Park Service to revise its prediction for peak blooms for Washington’s cherry blossom trees. The agency said in a news release Tuesday that it has revised the...

    • Posted March 8, 2016
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  • In this Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, photo, the supports for a 1,600-foot-viaduct to carry high-speed rail trains across the Fresno River are seen under construction near Madera, Calif. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Michael Kenny ruled against plaintiffs in a lawsuit to stop construction of the project, ruling Tuesday, March 8, 2016 that planning and financing of the $64 billion bullet train can proceed. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
    Planning for California bullet train allowed to move forward

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A judge has removed a major hurdle to California’s high-speed rail system, ruling that the $64 billion system does not violate promises made to the voters who approved it and that planning and...

    • Posted March 8, 2016
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  • Voters fill out their ballots during the primary election Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at the Fort Gratiot Township Hall in Fort Gratiot, Mich. Presidential candidates in both parties were looking to Michigan on Tuesday for one of the largest delegate hauls in the bruising nominating contests. (Jeffrey M. Smith/The Times Herald via AP)
    Trump, Clinton look to pad leads in Michigan, Mississippi

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton looked to pad their leads in Tuesday’s primary contests in Michigan and Mississippi, eager to turn their attention toward a general election fight for the White...

    • Posted March 8, 2016
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