Category Archives: World
US stock indexes are steady in slow pre-holiday trading
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are mixed Friday as trading remains quiet heading into the Christmas holiday weekend. Major indexes are little changed. Consumer-focused companies like retailers are falling aga...
Dec 23, 2016
Police: Officer's 2-year-old son shot himself with dad's gun
CLEVELAND - Police say a Cleveland police officer’s 2-year-old son has died after apparently shooting himself with his father’s service weapon. A Cleveland police statement says officers r...
Dec 23, 2016
Father confesses to killing son, says he 'needed to pay'
PARKER, Fla. - A man from Puerto Rico has confessed to killing his 2-year-old son and leaving the boy’s body in a remote area in Florida’s Panhandle, authorities said. The child’s di...
Dec 23, 2016
Rockettes' owners say attendance at inauguration is a choice
NEW YORK - The Radio City Rockettes will be dancing at President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next month, but not everyone is kicking up their heels at the booking. One of the famed dancers...
Dec 23, 2016
After online threats, gaming engineer plans run for Congress
BOSTON - In the gaming world, Brianna Wu has earned a reputation battling the online harassment campaign known as Gamergate, a fight that led to rape and murder threats from the darker recesses of the...
Dec 23, 2016
US rebukes Israel and allows UN condemnation of settlements
The United States has given its biggest rebuke in recent history to longstanding ally Israel, allowing the U.N. Security Council to condemn its settlements and continuing construction in Palestinian t...
Dec 23, 2016
Russian man drives into airport, says he did it for love
MOSCOW - A Russian man who drove his car into an airport terminal and reached the departure gates says he did it for love. The Kazan airport administration says an intoxicated man rammed through the t...
Dec 23, 2016
Midwest buying spree lifted US new-home sales in November
WASHINGTON - A buying spree in the Midwest spurred new U.S. home sales last month to the fastest pace since July. The Commerce Department said Friday that new-home sales in November rose 5.2 per cent ...
Dec 23, 2016
UN Security Council rejects arms embargo on South Sudan
The U.N. Security Council defeated a U.S.-sponsored resolution that would have imposed an arms embargo and targeted sanctions on South Sudan on Friday, rejecting arguments that it would help diminish ...
Dec 23, 2016
Markets Right Now: US stock indexes eke out modest gains
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Major U.S. stock indexes managed to post tiny gains in a quiet day of pre-holiday trading. Health care stocks ro...
Dec 23, 2016
