Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence refused on Tuesday to say whether he thinks white supremacist David Duke is deplorable, repeating that he’s “not in the name-calli...

WASHINGTON - Dennis Lockhart, the president of the Federal Reserve’s Atlanta regional bank, announced Tuesday that he plans to step down in February of next year. Lockhart is leaving after a dec...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to restore a week of early voting in swing-state Ohio, a decision denounced by Democrats but praised by the state’s Republican election...

NEW YORK - Wells Fargo announced plans Tuesday to cut its aggressive product sales goals for retail bankers, nearly a week after state and federal regulators fined the bank $185 million for allegedly ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The uncle of a 9-year-old boy fatally beaten over a missing piece of birthday cake pleaded guilty to first-degree child abuse Tuesday, acknowledging he handcuffed the child to a chai...

TORONTO - The Jackie Kennedy biopic “Jackie,” starring Natalie Portman, has been acquired by Fox Searchlight, which plans to push the film directly into the Oscar season. Searchlight annou...

PORTLAND, Maine - Hillary Clinton is getting a campaign boost from a member of the 1980s “Brat Pack.” Actress Molly Ringwald is in Maine on Tuesday to support the Democratic presidential c...

ASTON, Pa. - Donald Trump rolled out a plan Tuesday aimed at making child care more affordable, guaranteeing new mothers six weeks of paid maternity leave and suggesting new incentives for employees t...

PORTLAND, Ore. - The armed occupiers who seized a remote bird sanctuary in Oregon early this year are being tried because their actions intimidated and threatened federal employees, not because they c...

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military struck artillery positions in Syria on Tuesday after a projectile from that country’s civil war hit the Israeli-controlled part of the Golan Heights, but denied ...