Category Archives: World
US homebuilder sentiment climbs higher in May
U.S. homebuilders are feeling more optimistic about their business prospects, reflecting a recent surge in sales of newly built homes and a lingering shortage of previously occupied homes on the marke...
May 15, 2017
British WWII veteran, 101, breaks skydiving record
LONDON - A 101-year-old D-Day veteran has become the oldest person in the world to skydive. Bryson William Verdun Hayes completed a tandem skydive from 15,000 feet (4,500 metres) with members of his e...
May 15, 2017
Phillies beer vendor no longer shouting Brando-esqe Stella!
PHILADELPHIA - A beer vendor at Philadelphia Phillies games no longer sounds like Marlon Brando in “A Streetcar Named Desire.” Tom McGee tells KYW-TV (http://cbsloc.al/2rhtPOG ) that he ha...
May 15, 2017
Tehran's mayor drops out of Iran election to back hard-liner
TEHRAN, Iran - Tehran’s conservative mayor dropped out of Iran’s presidential election on Monday to back a hard-liner believed to be close to the country’s supreme leader, consolidat...
May 15, 2017
US trumpets Mosul gains, but Iraq says more aid needed
HAMAM AL-ALIL, Iraq - During a visit south of Mosul on Monday, a senior U.S. official praised territorial gains against the Islamic State group in Iraq, but local officials cautioned more aid is neede...
May 15, 2017
Huge cyberattack ebbs as investigators work to find culprits
NEW YORK - The global cyberattack that took computer files hostage appeared to slow on Monday as authorities worked to catch the extortionists behind it - a difficult task that involves searching for ...
May 15, 2017
New York manufacturing shrank in May as new orders fall
WASHINGTON - Manufacturing in New York state shrank for the first time in seven months in May, as new orders fell and shipments grew more slowly. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Monday that ...
May 15, 2017
Zeman says he wished to 'liquidate' press; critics unamused
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The Czech presidential office said President Milos Zeman’s latest shot at the media was a joke. Politicians and journalists just don’t seem to get it. Before meeti...
May 15, 2017
JFK home renovation castoffs are transformed into art
HYANNIS PORT, Mass. - What once were pieces of John F. Kennedy’s home are now pieces of art. Floorboards, window panes, shingles, electrical fixtures, faded wallpaper, rusted nails and even a me...
May 15, 2017
Ugandan troops face sexual abuse charges in central Africa
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan soldiers in Central African Republic have sexually exploited or abused at least 13 women and girls since 2015, including at least one rape, Human Rights Watch said Monday. Th...
May 15, 2017
