Category Archives: World
Washington tries to fix paid leave law dormant since 2007
OLYMPIA, Wash. - A decade ago, Washington state created a paid family leave program that required many employers to offer five weeks of paid time off for new parents. But the law that once offered hop...
Jan 18, 2017
Sheriff accused of meth theft pleads to felony, resigns
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A newly elected West Virginia sheriff who admitted he was a meth addict and was charged with stealing the drug from a police locker pleaded guilty to a felony and resigned from off...
Jan 18, 2017
Former president's movement disorder mimics Parkinson's
Former President George H.W. Bush, who has been placed in intensive care at a Houston hospital, is suffering from pneumonia and has vascular parkinsonism, a rare syndrome that mimics Parkinson’s...
Jan 18, 2017
Florida man charged with making online threat against Trump
MIAMI - A South Florida man has been charged with threatening to kill President-elect Donald Trump in a video posted online. A Miami Beach police report released Wednesday identified the suspect as 51...
Jan 18, 2017
Consumer agency sues Navient over student loan repayments
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators have sued Navient, accusing the biggest U.S. student loan company of making it harder for borrowers to repay loans by giving them bad information, processing payments i...
Jan 18, 2017
Study shows Facebook's growth as campaign news source
NEW YORK - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton voters had different media diets, but a study finds common ground in Facebook as an important news source - even if their individual feeds bore little resem...
Jan 18, 2017
Mall of America to reopen movie theatres with gourmet food
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - The Mall of America plans to continue showing movies, but in a renovated space that offers oversized reclining chairs, gourmet food and wines and cocktails. The Star Tribune (http...
Jan 18, 2017
Credit Suisse to pay $5.3B over mortgage-backed securities
NEW YORK - Credit Suisse is paying $5.3 billion to settle claims that it misled investors about the quality of mortgage-backed securities that it sold in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis. In t...
Jan 18, 2017
So long from White House: Obama aims final messages at Trump
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama stepped behind the White House podium for the last time Wednesday, fielding questions from the crush of journalists crammed in for the occasion and offering assurances to Ame...
Jan 18, 2017
Yellen: Expect Fed to gradually hike rates over next 3 years
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says she expects the Fed to raise its benchmark interest rate several times a year through 2019, as it moves closer toward to its economic goals of maxi...
Jan 18, 2017