Category Archives: World
US applications for unemployment aid rose last week
WASHINGTON - More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week. But jobless claims remain at low levels, showing that most American workers enjoy job security. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department sa...
Nov 23, 2016
A look at 5 Trump business ties that pose conflicts
NEW YORK - After Ivanka Trump appeared on CBS’s “60 Minutes” wearing a $10,800 bracelet from her jewelry line, someone at her company sent photos from the interview to fashion writer...
Nov 23, 2016
Mortgage rates keep rising after Trump's election win
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates continued to surge this week in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election win. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Wednesday that the average rate on a 30-y...
Nov 23, 2016
Equipment companies power Dow and S&P 500 to new records
NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor’s 500 indexes again set records Wednesday in a quiet day of pre-holiday trading. Machinery and equipment makers climbed after ...
Nov 23, 2016
Branca, pitcher who gave up 'Shot Heard 'Round World,' dies
Ralph Branca’s career was defined by that one high-and-inside fastball. The Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who gave up Bobby Thomson’s famed “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” still...
Nov 23, 2016
Amazon flooded with negative reviews of Megyn Kelly's memoir
SEATTLE - Amazon has suppressed a number of negative reviews of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly’s new memoir. The Los Angeles Times reports more than 100 negative reviews of Kelly’s “Set...
Nov 23, 2016
Workshop on fire eating sparks a false fire alarm
MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. - A workshop on fire eating sparked a false fire alarm at a former church near Pittsburgh. Neighbors called 911 after spotting flames inside the building in McKees Rocks about 9 p.m....
Nov 23, 2016
US durable goods orders up 4.8 per cent in October
WASHINGTON - Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods increased in October by the largest amount in a year, reflecting a surge in demand for commercial airplanes. The category that tracks business inv...
Nov 23, 2016
Neo-Nazi killer jailed for life for slaying lawmaker Jo Cox
LONDON - A white supremacist who shot and stabbed a pro-European U.K. lawmaker while shouting “Britain first” was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for a crime prosecutors called an ac...
Nov 23, 2016
Failed study, dimmed hopes in hunt for Alzheimer's treatment
A treatment for Alzheimer’s failed to slow mental decline in a widely anticipated study, ending hope that researchers at Eli Lilly had finally found a drug that does more to help those suffering...
Nov 23, 2016
