Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, another sign the U.S. job market remains healthy despite a downshift in hiring last month. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department s...

DETROIT - Mazda is recalling 2.2 million cars and SUVs worldwide because the rear hatches can fall on people and injure them. The recall covers certain 2010 through 2013 Mazda 3 compact cars, as well ...

WASHINGTON - Thousands of unionized mine workers and supporters rallied at the Capitol Thursday to push for a bill that would protect health-care and pension benefits for about 120,000 former coal min...

BEIJING - Chinese flag-carrier Air China said Thursday that it had removed copies of its inflight magazine containing an article criticized as racist for telling visitors to take precautions when visi...

MOSCOW - Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the Israeli and the Palestinian leaders have agreed “in principle” to meet in Moscow for talks in what the Russians hope...

RUSKIN, Fla. - A Florida man who piloted a one-person gyrocopter through some of the most restricted U.S. airspace and landed on the lawn of the Capitol in Washington has been released from jail after...

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory - The Palestinian high court on Thursday postponed municipal elections that had been set for next month, putting on hold what would have been the first real test of pol...

OCALA, Fla. - A 10-year-old North Florida boy has been arrested on a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of his 2-year-old cousin. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office tells news outl...

YEREVAN, Armenia - The prime minister of Armenia on Thursday announced his resignation in order to give way to a coalition government, a widely expected move following a violent standoff at a police s...

SEATTLE - A teenager rode her bicycle through a mall parking lot when an off-duty officer working for a private security company pulled her down, threw her to the ground and shocked her with a stun gu...