Category Archives: World
Spike Lee sued for failing to pay union health contributions
NEW YORK - Filmmaker Spike Lee and his companies are being sued by the directors of three union benefit plans who contend he didn’t make sufficient health and pension contributions. The lawsuit ...
Nov 23, 2016
US businesses cheer overtime ruling; many already upped pay
LAS VEGAS - Businesses around the country on Wednesday cheered a court decision blocking the Obama administration’s sweeping new overtime rules, but many had already raised salaries or ordered m...
Nov 23, 2016
Trump win could give Israel freer hand with Palestinians
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s presidential victory has dimmed hopes for reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and analysts say Israel may be given carte blanche from his administration. ...
Nov 23, 2016
Oscar-winning 'Heaven Can Wait' production designer dies
LOS ANGELES - Paul Sylbert, a talented production designer who won an Oscar for his work on “Heaven Can Wait,” died Saturday at age 88 outside of Philadelphia, producer Hawk Koch said Wedn...
Nov 23, 2016
Drugs, alcohol not involved in bus crash; 6th child dies
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A school bus driver had no drugs or alcohol in his system when he careened off a road and smashed into a tree, killing six elementary schoolchildren, police said Wednesday. Chatta...
Nov 23, 2016
Coin toss for a council seat: Tied race determined by chance
SALT LAKE CITY - Officials settled a deadlocked race for a spot on a city council in suburban Salt Lake City by drawing names from a pilgrim hat and flipping a coin - a decision-by-chance that Utah an...
Nov 23, 2016
School probes Muslim kindergartner's mistreatment allegation
RALEIGH, N.C. - Charlotte’s public school system is investigating allegations that a kindergarten teacher singled out a 5-year-old student for harassment because he’s Muslim. The Council o...
Nov 23, 2016
Ailing humpback whale stuck on New York sandbar euthanized
EAST MORICHES, N.Y. - An ailing humpback whale that became grounded on a sandbar in a bay was euthanized on Wednesday, three days after rescuers first tried to set it free. The death of the whale, whi...
Nov 23, 2016
Opposing sides dig in over close N. Carolina governor's race
RALEIGH, N.C. - A conservative group filed a request Wednesday for an urgent hearing on North Carolina voters who cast ballots through same-day registration, while the state NAACP criticized the legal...
Nov 23, 2016
99-year-old woman named America happy to become a US citizen
NEW YORK - At age 99, a woman named America has become a U.S. citizen. America Maria Hernandez, who was born in Colombia in 1917 and was brought to the U.S. by one of her daughters in 1988, signed her...
Nov 23, 2016
