Category Archives: World
Tilikum, orca that killed trainer, dies at SeaWorld Orlando
ORLANDO, Fla. - Tilikum the orca has died after more than two decades at SeaWorld Orlando, where he gained notoriety for killing a trainer in 2010 and was later profiled in a documentary that helped s...
Jan 06, 2017
Wal-Mart names John Furner as Sam's Club next CEO
NEW YORK - Wal-Mart says it named John Furner as CEO of its Sam’s Club stores to replace Rosalind Brewer, who is retiring next month. Furner, who is 42, will head the membership-only warehouse c...
Jan 06, 2017
Markets Right Now: Stocks open mostly lower on Wall Street
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening mostly lower on Wall Street, led by declines in high-dividend stocks like phone companies and...
Jan 06, 2017
Markets Right Now: Dow misses 20,000 mark; S&P 500 at record
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. The Dow Jones industrial average came within half a point of 20,000 but closed below that milestone as an aftern...
Jan 06, 2017
NOAA plans to open federal waters in Pacific to fish farming
HONOLULU - As traditional commercial fishing is threatening fish populations worldwide, U.S. officials are working on a plan to expand fish farming into federal waters around the Pacific Ocean. The go...
Jan 06, 2017
Mexican Ford plant workers blame Trump for dashed dreams
VILLA DE REYES, Mexico - Word spread quickly through cellphone messages and shouts between co-workers that Ford Motor Co. had cancelled its new $1.6 billion car plant at its sprawling 700-acre high de...
Jan 06, 2017
Lyle Menendez talks prison life, marriage in phone interview
IONE, Calif. - Lyle Menendez says his childhood prepared him “surprisingly well for the chaos of prison life.” Menendez and his younger brother, Erik, killed their wealthy parents, Jose an...
Jan 06, 2017
A 3,000-year-old city wrecked by militants, left for looters
NIMRUD, Iraq - The giant winged bulls that once stood sentry at the nearly 3,000-year-old palace at Nimrud have been hacked to pieces. The fantastical human-headed creatures were believed to guard the...
Jan 06, 2017
Dylann Roof cold to victims, but apologized to his parents
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Before Dylann Roof was arrested for killing nine black church members, he scribbled a note to his mother, apologizing for all the repercussions his actions would cause. Weeks later, i...
Jan 06, 2017
Free from Boko Haram, Nigeria's Chibok girls are kept silent
LAGOS, Nigeria - She was found wandering in a forest, the first of the nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram to escape on her own and reach freedom. That was in May. Since then, Amina ...
Jan 06, 2017
