Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week, breaking a holding pattern that prevailed for more than a month. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the rate on 30-year, fixed-rate loa...

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - Federal prosecutors said Thursday they had captured the members of a violent street gang who killed three high school students, including two girls who were inseparable best frie...

VIENNA - An Austrian court found eight Iraqi nationals guilty on Thursday of gang-raping a German tourist on New Year’s Eve more than a year ago and sentenced them to prison terms of between nin...

LONDON - An exuberant floral landscape by Gustav Klimt has sold at auction for almost 48 million pounds - the third-highest price ever paid for an artwork in Europe. “Bauerngarten (Flower Garden...

WASHINGTON - Just 223,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, fewest in nearly 44 years. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department says unemployment claims dropped by 19,000 from 242,000 th...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Nearly four decades after Elvis sang his last tune, his legacy got a $45 million boost with the Thursday opening of a major new attraction at his Graceland estate — an entertain...

BRUSSELS - Nations and philanthropists pledged close to $200 million Thursday for family planning at an international conference that aimed to make up for the gap left by President Donald Trump’...

LOS ANGELES - Angels Flight, LA’s beloved little railroad, had its cameo in the hit musical “La La Land” and now it’s almost ready for its close-up. The narrow-gauge railroad t...

LONDON - Inflation across the 19-country eurozone is running above the European Central Bank’s target for the first time in four years - but don’t expect the ECB to reverse its monetary st...

BERLIN - German authorities have arrested two Syrians suspected of being members of the extremist Nusra Front, one of whom allegedly was involved in the slaying of dozens of civilians. The federal pro...