Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week but the number of applications remained low, the latest sign that layoffs are scarce. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The emotional stories of women who say they were sexually assaulted more than a decade ago by Bill Cosby prompted California state lawmakers to approve a bill to eliminate the sta...

MORGAN HILL, Calif. - A wildfire in a mostly remote area of California’s Santa Cruz Mountains has now destroyed eight homes and sent a firefighter to the hospital, officials said Thursday. One f...

MIAMI - A former South Florida concert promoter who staged tours for major acts such as the Rolling Stones, Elton John and Aerosmith is facing prison for what prosecutors say was a $200 million fraud ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Plunging deeper into campaign controversy, Donald Trump publicly shamed a former beauty queen on Friday for her “disgusting” sexual past and then - in one of presiden...

BILLINGS, Mont. - In a story Sept. 29 about cellphones in national parks, The Associated Press reported erroneously how a bill in the U.S. House would affect rental fees on telecommunications faciliti...

WASHINGTON - Angry lawmakers heaped another round of blistering criticism on Wells Fargo’s CEO, pressing Thursday for details about what senior managers knew about allegedly illegal sales practi...

KABUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani signed a peace treaty with a notorious warlord on Thursday, pledging to lobby the U.S. and the United Nations to remove him and his party from terrorist blacklist...

JERUSALEM - Thousands of Israelis flocked to parliament Thursday to view the casket of Shimon Peres, paying final respects to the former president and prime minister whose life story mirrored that of ...

BOSTON - Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Mary are kicking off a two-day trade mission to Boston. On Thursday, Frederik is scheduled to join Democratic Boston Mayor Marty Walsh for a...