Category Archives: World
APNewsbreak: Voter group says dead people likely registered
INDIANAPOLIS - A data analysis firm hired by a voter registration group said on Tuesday that Indiana’s voter database is riddled with errors, including thousands of people over the age of 110 wh...
Oct 25, 2016
Trump brand loses lustre with affluent
NEW YORK - Event planner Beth Bernstein decided she had had enough with Donald Trump after his 2005 hot-mic boasts about groping women came to light earlier this month. She removed photos of weddings ...
Oct 25, 2016
Germany nixes Armenian 'genocide' concert in Istanbul
BERLIN - Germany’s Foreign Ministry has halted plans for a classical concert about the Armenian genocide that was due to be held at its consulate in Istanbul. The ministry confirmed media report...
Oct 25, 2016
DIVIDED AMERICA: Yearning for unity, enduring divisiveness
Though they live about 1,730 miles apart, though they’ve never met, though they are of different races and backgrounds, Lauren Boebert and Dorothy Johnson-Speight speak almost in unison when the...
Oct 25, 2016
Judge approves $15 billion Volkswagen emissions settlement
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge in San Francisco has approved a nearly $15 billion court settlement of most claims against Volkswagen for its emissions-cheating scandal. U.S. District Judge Charles Br...
Oct 25, 2016
Jay Z to headline free Cleveland show in support of Clinton
CLEVELAND - Jay Z is planning to hold a free concert in Cleveland to encourage people to vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton for president. The rapper has released few details on the Nov. 4 show, held d...
Oct 25, 2016
Iraq battles IS in western town, far from Mosul
BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces battled Islamic State fighters for a third day in a remote western town far from Mosul on Tuesday, but the U.S.-led coalition insisted the latest in a series of “spoiler a...
Oct 25, 2016
US home prices rose in August, lifted by dwindling supply
WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices climbed at a solid pace in August as more home buyers competed for fewer available properties. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price i...
Oct 25, 2016
Tokyo festival produces heartwarming trilogy of Asian films
TOKYO - Cannes-winning Brillante Mendoza is among the three directors tapped by the Tokyo International Film Festival to create “Reflections,” a trilogy that depicts the intertwining of st...
Oct 25, 2016
GM reports record 3Q earnings despite slowing US sales
DETROIT - General Motors doesn’t seem too worried about slowing U.S. auto sales or economic troubles in Europe. If third-quarter numbers are any indication, the company has numbers to back that ...
Oct 25, 2016
