Category Archives: World
Factory activity in New York region slows in July
WASHINGTON - Manufacturing activity in New York slowed in early July after a big gain in the previous month. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York says that its Empire State manufacturing index slowed ...
Jul 15, 2016
North Korea detains person it alleges is South Korean spy
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea on Friday presented to media a man it alleges is a South Korean spy who tried to enter the North to kidnap children. During a Pyongyang news conference attended...
Jul 15, 2016
US retail sales post solid rise in June
WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales posted a healthy increase in June, another sign that consumer spending picked up in the spring. The Commerce Department says sales at retailers and restaurants rose 0.6 ...
Jul 15, 2016
Homeowner sued for $25 million over California wildfire
LOS ANGELES - The federal government sued a homeowner for nearly $25 million on Thursday, contending his negligence sparked a 2013 fire in the mountains east of Los Angeles that forced 5,000 people fr...
Jul 15, 2016
US Navy sailor gets 30-month sentence for Okinawa rape
TOKYO - A U.S. Navy sailor was sentenced Friday to two and a half years in prison for raping a Japanese tourist in Okinawa, the southern island that is home to about half of the 50,000 U.S. troops in ...
Jul 15, 2016
German internet entrepreneur killed in plane crash
BERLIN - Thomas Wagner, the founder and manager of German internet company Unister, which operates popular travel websites, has been killed in a plane crash in Slovenia. Unister said the 38-year-old W...
Jul 15, 2016
Germany: Police net suspect after 'Pokemon Go' foray
BERLIN - German police say they’ve arrested an 18-year-old man who was wanted for evading a prison sentence after he ventured out to play the newly launched “Pokemon Go” smartphone g...
Jul 15, 2016
Maryland: Ruling due on mother's statement in fatal beating
HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The mother of a 9-year-old boy fatally beaten in Maryland over a missing piece of birthday cake is set to learn if her statement to police can be used at her upcoming trial. A judge ...
Jul 15, 2016
NewsAlert: 2 French officials to AP: ID found in Nice truck matches attacker, was 31-year-old petty criminal from Tunisia
NICE, France - 2 French officials to AP: ID found in Nice truck matches attacker, was 31-year-old petty criminal from Tunisia. More coming. The Associated Press 2016 The Canadian Press
Jul 15, 2016
State Department: 2 Americans killed in Nice, France attack
MOSCOW - Two Americans are among the dead from France’s Bastille Day attack. State Department spokesman John Kirby says the pair was among those killed in Nice on Thursday when a large truck plo...
Jul 15, 2016
