Category Archives: World
Pence promises big investment in infrastructure
NEW YORK - Vice-President-elect Mike Pence pledged to a group of mayors that the Trump administration will make a serious investment in infrastructure, and he told diplomats that Trump and his incomin...
Jan 17, 2017
GOP targets landmark Endangered Species Act for big changes
BILLINGS, Mont. - In control of Congress and soon the White House, Republicans are readying plans to roll back the influence of the Endangered Species Act, one of the government’s most powerful ...
Jan 16, 2017
National park visits hits record high for 3rd straight year
SALT LAKE CITY - Visits to U.S. national parks set a record in 2016 for the third consecutive year as landmarks such Zion, Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain experienced historic levels of popularity that...
Jan 16, 2017
Australia defends end of MH370 hunt; investigation continues
SYDNEY, Australia - Australia’s Transport Minister Darren Chester said on Wednesday that experts will continue analyzing data and scrutinizing debris washing ashore from Malaysia Airlines Flight...
Jan 16, 2017
Well-wishers donate to keep Ohioan, 108, in assisted care
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A woman who just turned 108 has another reason to celebrate after well-wishers donated enough money so that she can remain at an Ohio assisted-living facility where she greets people ...
Jan 16, 2017
China's Xi defends trade as Beijing seeks bolder global role
DAVOS, Switzerland - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday trumpeted the need for free trade and urged the world to “say no to protectionism,” delivering a strong rebuke to isolationist ...
Jan 16, 2017
Asian markets lower amid Brexit worries
BEIJING - Asian stocks declined Tuesday after Britain said Prime Minister Theresa May will announce London’s plans to withdraw completely from the European Union. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo’s Ni...
Jan 16, 2017
GM to add or keep 7,000 jobs, make $1B factory investment
DETROIT - General Motors plans to invest $1 billion in U.S. factories and add thousands of new white-collar jobs, measures that have been in the works for years but announced Tuesday after criticism f...
Jan 16, 2017
Teen slain in 'rape-murder fantasy' was friend to the lonely
GLENSIDE, Pa. - The smiles radiate from photos posted online by friends: Grace Packer sporting an impish grin as a toddler, floating happily in a pool as a young teen, leaning in to talk to a friend a...
Jan 16, 2017
Zebra found dead, skinned near California's Hearst Castle
SAN SIMEON, Calif. - A zebra from a herd that roams the ranch around Hearst Castle was found dead and partly skinned on a beach on California’s central coast, authorities said. The zebra died of...
Jan 16, 2017
