Category Archives: World
Illinois leaders going to Rome as Cupich becomes cardinal
CHICAGO - A delegation of Illinois political, religious, police and business leaders plan to travel to Rome this week as Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich becomes a cardinal. The list that Chicago Mayor...
Nov 16, 2016
Nobel no-show: Dylan not coming to Stockholm to get prize
COPENHAGEN - Bob Dylan won’t be coming to Stockholm to pick up his 2016 Nobel Prize for literature at the Dec. 10 prize ceremony. The Swedish Academy said Wednesday that Dylan told them “h...
Nov 16, 2016
US homebuilder confidence holds steady in November
U.S. homebuilders’ confidence held steady this month, though their expectations for sales into next year dimmed slightly. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment ...
Nov 16, 2016
Claude Monet could fetch $45M at NYC auction
NEW YORK - A painting from Claude Monet’s acclaimed “Grainstack” series is leading Christie’s auction of impressionist and modern art where it could realize around $45 million....
Nov 16, 2016
Mom accused of texting video of lifeless son waives hearing
PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania woman will stand trial on charges she killed her toddler son and sent a video of the boy’s lifeless body to his father during a jealous, vengeful argument over more t...
Nov 16, 2016
US factory production improves in October
WASHINGTON - U.S. factory output rose slightly in October, aided by greater production of automobiles, home electronics and appliances. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that manufacturing production...
Nov 16, 2016
Trump's path on health care law intersects with a lawsuit
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to preserve health insurance coverage even as he pursues repeal of the Obama-era overhaul that provided it to millions of uninsured people. How ...
Nov 16, 2016
Clean getaway: Police seek Pennsylvania detergent thief
HERSHEY, Pa. - The Pennsylvania State Police are hoping to prevent a detergent thief from making a clean getaway. Troopers say an unidentified man loaded up his shopping cart with more than a dozen 15...
Nov 16, 2016
South Africans protest against racism in coffin assault case
MIDDELBURG, South Africa - Two white South Africans accused of forcing a black man into a coffin and threatening to set him on fire appeared before a judge on Wednesday as demonstrators protested agai...
Nov 16, 2016
China ex-vice mayor wanted for corruption returns from US
BEIJING - A former vice mayor and China’s most-wanted fugitive accused of corruption was arrested after returning from the U.S. on Wednesday in the latest success for President Xi Jinping’...
Nov 16, 2016
