Category Archives: World
IS launches new assault on besieged eastern city in Syria
BEIRUT - Islamic State militants launched their biggest assault in a year on government-held areas of the contested city of Deir el-Zour Saturday, attacking from several fronts and triggering intense ...
Jan 14, 2017
AP FACT CHECK: No federal pension for Obama's mother-in-law
WASHINGTON - A story widely shared online that claims President Barack Obama’s mother-in-law will receive a lifetime government pension is false. The post published by The Boston Tribune, a sati...
Jan 14, 2017
Don's Johns a name not quite right for this Inauguration Day
WASHINGTON - It’s the great port-a-potty coverup for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Workers preparing for the inauguration Jan. 20 have taped over the name of the company - &...
Jan 14, 2017
Katie Couric's evolution, Legend on Trump, Perry on Kennedy
PASADENA, Calif. - A roundup of news Friday from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs. ____ UNDERG...
Jan 13, 2017
Moody's to pay $864M to settle claims it inflated ratings
NEW YORK - Moody’s Corp. has agreed to pay nearly $864 million to settle federal and state claims it gave inflated ratings to risky mortgage investments in the years leading up to the financial ...
Jan 13, 2017
Lawmakers urge British PM May to clarify Brexit intentions
LONDON - A committee of British lawmakers is urging Prime Minister Theresa May to clarify her intentions on Brexit - particularly whether she intends to keep Britain in the European Union’s larg...
Jan 13, 2017
2 years after the hack, Sony CEO Lynton exits for Snap Inc.
LOS ANGELES - Two years after guiding the company through an unprecedented email hack, Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton is leaving the company to become the chairman of the board for Snap Inc., t...
Jan 13, 2017
Judge finalizes divorce of Johnny Depp, Amber Heard
LOS ANGELES - A judge has finalized the divorce of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard after months of bickering over the final terms of their breakup. The judgment was entered Friday in Los Angeles after att...
Jan 13, 2017
Truck company owner charged with evading $1 million in tolls
NEWARK, N.J. - The owner of a New Jersey trucking company has been arrested while trying to board a flight to Aruba and charged with racking up more than $1 million of unpaid tolls and fees. State pol...
Jan 13, 2017
2 Chinese citizens held in deadly Istanbul nightclub attack
BASEL, Switzerland - A Turkish court has remanded in custody two Chinese citizens over their alleged links to a deadly gun attack on an Istanbul nightclub. In a report Friday, Turkey’s state-run...
Jan 13, 2017
