Category Archives: World
US sees small surplus in June, but deficit up for year
WASHINGTON - The federal government recorded a small budget surplus in June, but the deficit so far this budget year is still running 26.7 per cent higher than a year ago. The Treasury Department said...
Jul 13, 2016
Fed survey finds modest growth across most of the US
WASHINGTON - The economy and hiring continued to expand modestly across most of the United States from mid-May until the end of June, leaving some firms unable to find skilled workers, the Federal Res...
Jul 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton, the candidate we know so well - and don't
When she was about 14, Hillary Clinton says, she wrote to NASA volunteering for astronaut training. NASA’s reply was simple and definitive: No girls. “It was the first time I had hit an ob...
Jul 13, 2016
Court sides with Utah's Planned Parenthood in defunding case
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah governor’s order to block funding to Planned Parenthood was probably a political move designed to punish the group, a federal appeals court wrote in an ruling that orde...
Jul 13, 2016
Lawsuit filed in police shooting of man in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A federal civil rights lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that a white Memphis police officer used excessive deadly force when he shot and killed a 19-year-old black man during a fight a...
Jul 13, 2016
Tom Brady's 'Deflategate' appeal rejected by federal court
NEW YORK - Quarterback Tom Brady’s last best chance to avoid serving a four-game “Deflategate” suspension to start the new season was flatly rejected Wednesday by an appeals court. T...
Jul 13, 2016
IOC strips 2012 bronze medal from Ukrainian weightlifter
LONDON - A Ukrainian weightlifter was stripped of her bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday, the first athlete formally disqualified by the IOC after the retesting of doping samples ...
Jul 13, 2016
Lawyers may have 'potentially relevant' info on Prince heirs
MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota law firm may have “potentially relevant” information for determining who should inherit Prince’s estate, a judge said in an order released Wednesday that di...
Jul 13, 2016
Embracing Lincoln, Clinton urges nation to fix divisions
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the Republican Party of Abraham Lincoln has been transformed into “the party of Trump,” declaring her GOP presidential opponent a po...
Jul 13, 2016
Amazon's 2nd Prime Day orders breezed past first-year totals
NEW YORK - Amazon’s big sales day is here to stay. Amazon says Prime Day orders rose 60 per cent globally this year versus last year’s inaugural showing. It says sales of Amazon’s ow...
Jul 13, 2016
