Category Archives: World
US new-home sales tumble in December
WASHINGTON - Americans pulled back sharply from buying new homes in December, but sales for all of 2016 were the highest since 2007. The Commerce Department said Thursday that new-home sales last mont...
Jan 26, 2017
Markets Right Now: US stocks drift mostly lower; Dow gains
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. U.S. stock indexes ended mostly lower, except for the Dow Jones industrial average, which climbed slightly a day...
Jan 26, 2017
Federal judge rejects Ohio's new lethal injection process
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio’s efforts to restart executions, including a law shielding the source of its drugs, hit a new setback Thursday as a federal judge declared the state’s latest lethal i...
Jan 26, 2017
US court rules against Nigeria senator facing drug charges
ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire - A U.S. appeals court has upheld a ruling against a Nigerian senator who faces drug charges related to the hit TV show “Orange is the New Black.” Chicago pros...
Jan 26, 2017
Video introducing Trump to the Netherlands goes viral
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - A Dutch satirical show’s video introducing the Netherlands to the new Trump administration now has the ministerial seal of approval. State Secretary for Social Affairs a...
Jan 26, 2017
US unemployment claims tick up to 259,000, but remain low
WASHINGTON - More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but jobless claims remained low enough to suggest that most Americans enjoy job security. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department sai...
Jan 26, 2017
Trump to launch probe into unproven voter fraud claim
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will sign an executive action to commission an investigation into widespread voter fraud, a spokesman said, raising the prospect of a federal government probe into ...
Jan 26, 2017
Analysis: Trump's border wall faces reality check
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s vow to accelerate construction of a “contiguous, physical wall” along the Mexican border is slamming into a Washington reality - who’s goi...
Jan 26, 2017
China releases new list of items banned for export to NKorea
BEIJING - China has released a new list of items banned for export to North Korea, ranging from wind tunnels to plutonium, following a new round of United Nations sanctions and complaints from U.S. Pr...
Jan 26, 2017
Thief in Germany drives tractor through wall, steals safe
BERLIN - Police in northwestern Germany are searching for a brazen thief - or thieves - who knocked down the wall of a house with a tractor and made off with a safe. Police say the tractor was used ea...
Jan 26, 2017