Category Archives: World
Lady Gaga ex-manager Troy Carter named Prince estate adviser
MINNEAPOLIS - The trust company overseeing Prince’s estate has picked Spotify executive Troy Carter, the former manager for Lady Gaga and Meghan Trainor, as its entertainment adviser. Carter tol...
Apr 12, 2017
EPA: US Steel leaks chemical into Lake Michigan tributary
PORTAGE, Ind. - A spill at a U.S. Steel plant in northern Indiana that sent wastewater containing a potentially carcinogenic chemical into a Lake Michigan tributary was apparently caused by a pipe fai...
Apr 12, 2017
Trump says China won't be labeled a currency manipulator
WASHINGTON - Backing away from a campaign pledge, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his administration won’t label China a currency manipulator in a report due this week, though he does...
Apr 12, 2017
Speed demons: Cars and SUVs get more pep in their step
NEW YORK - Fred Croatti often drives his silver Dodge Charger Hellcat to the grocery store, turning heads as he rumbles through the parking lot with a supercharged 6.2-litre 707-horsepower engine. Alt...
Apr 12, 2017
Comedian Charlie Murphy, brother of Eddie, dies at 57
NEW YORK - Charlie Murphy, the older brother of Eddie Murphy and a comic performer in his own right who turned encounters with Rick James and Prince into standout sketches on “Chappelle’s ...
Apr 12, 2017
The Latest: Trump says US-Russian ties at 'all-time low'
MOSCOW - The Latest on U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit to Moscow (all times local): 11:25 p.m. President Donald Trump says the U.S. is “not getting along with Russia at all&#...
Apr 12, 2017
IMF leader Lagarde warns against trade protectionism
WASHINGTON - The head of the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday that after six years of disappointing growth, the world economy is finally gaining momentum. But she warned of potential threats...
Apr 12, 2017
Former Trump campaign chairman to register as foreign agent
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for lobbying work he did on behalf of political interest...
Apr 12, 2017
Denver to pay nearly $1M to family of teen killed by police
Denver officials announced Wednesday that they reached a settlement to pay nearly $1 million to the family of a teenager who was shot and killed by police while driving a stolen car toward an officer ...
Apr 12, 2017
Crash that sent pilot to closed runway prompts FAA changes
MINEOLA, N.Y. - When pilot Joseph Milo reported engine trouble, an air traffic controller directed him to a nearby airfield. But the airfield had actually closed 25 years earlier, and industrial build...
Apr 12, 2017
