Category Archives: World
Could you pass the US citizenship test? Here, try it out
More states are requiring high school graduates to know at least as much about U.S. founding documents as immigrants passing the citizenship test. Can you ace it? An applicant must correctly answer si...
Apr 03, 2017
We the pupils: More states teaching founding US documents
NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Should U.S. high school students know at least as much about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist papers as immigrants passing a citizenship te...
Apr 03, 2017
Cuban uses condoms, tropical fruit to make own brand of wine
HAVANA - The sweet smell of fermenting fruit fills the streets around the modest Havana home where Orestes Estevez and his family fill glass jugs with grapes, ginger and hibiscus, then slip a condom o...
Apr 03, 2017
Fire chief: 3 dead, 4 hurt when boiler explodes in St. Louis
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An explosion launched a van-sized boiler through the roof a St. Louis box company and slammed much of it down onto a laundry business across the street on Monday, killing three peop...
Apr 03, 2017
US factories expand again in March but at slower pace
WASHINGTON - American factories expanded for the seventh straight month in March but at a slightly slower pace than they did in February. The Institute for Supply Management said Monday that its manuf...
Apr 03, 2017
US construction spending rose to nearly 11-year high
WASHINGTON - U.S. developers ramped up construction spending in February to the largest amount in nearly 11 years, led by more building of homes, highways and schools. Construction spending rose 0.8 p...
Apr 03, 2017
Markets Right Now: US stocks edge higher in early trading
The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street with the biggest gains going to materials and industrial companies...
Apr 03, 2017
French candidate Fillon: Govt manipulating presidential race
PARIS - French conservative candidate Francois Fillon is denouncing what he calls the Socialist government’s “manipulations” that he says are designed to eliminate him from the presi...
Apr 03, 2017
Messy web of ties, some to Trump, in Turkish mogul's case
WASHINGTON - A high-flying Turkish-Iranian businessman is busted in Miami, accused of laundering money for Iran. Turkey accuses the prominent American prosecutor of ties to a shadowy group it blames f...
Apr 03, 2017
Tech leaders, others launch $14M 'News Integrity' non-profit
NEW YORK - Facebook and Mozilla are among the companies and organizations launching a $14 million fund to promote news literacy and increase trust in journalism. The non-profit, called the News Integr...
Apr 03, 2017
