Category Archives: World

TRENTON, N.J. - There’s Gov. Chris Christie, lounging in a beach chair in the Oval Office. There he is again, sitting in the sand as the lovers from the movie “From Here to Eternity”...

NEW YORK - The first Tesla Model 3 electric car for the masses should come off the assembly line on Friday with the first deliveries in late July, the company’s CEO says. CEO Elon Musk, in sever...

PHILLIPS, Wis. - In a story July 3 about a plane crash in northern Wisconsin that killed six people, The Associated Press erroneously reported an expert’s listing of factors that can contribute ...

ROME - Paolo Villaggio, a comic actor whose invented workplace characters interpreted Italians’ foibles, died Monday in Rome at 84. His children said Villaggio had been debilitated by complicati...

LONDON - A British teenager was sentenced Monday to at least 16 1/2 years in prison for plotting a bombing whose potential targets included an Elton John concert on the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 1...

WASHINGTON - U.S. factories expanded at a robust pace in June, a likely sign of strength for the U.S. economy as new orders, production and employment each improved. The Institute for Supply Managemen...

WASHINGTON - U.S. construction spending was flat in May with homebuilding falling again, even as buyers face climbing prices and a shortage of available properties on the market. The Commerce Departme...

LOS ANGELES - A SpaceX Dragon capsule that brought supplies to the International Space Station has splashed down as planned in the Pacific Ocean. SpaceX announced on Twitter that the Dragon hit the wa...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Monday signed a $5 billion agreement with France’s Total SA and a Chinese oil company to develop its massive offshore natural gas field, the first such deal with foreign c...

ROME - Doctors and nurses at the Vatican’s showcase pediatric hospital were angry: Corners were being cut. Safety protocols were being ignored. And sick children were suffering. The Vatican̵...