Category Archives: World
Rolls Royce agrees to pay $808 million on bribery claims
LONDON - Jet engine maker Rolls Royce has agreed to pay 671 million pounds ($808 million) to settle bribery and corruption charges brought by authorities in Britain, the U.S. and Brazil. U.K. High Cou...
Jan 17, 2017
Aborigine promoted in Australian Cabinet reshuffle
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia’s prime minister on Wednesday announced a limited reshuffle of his Cabinet in which he appointed the nation’s first aboriginal federal minister. Prime Minis...
Jan 17, 2017
Man seeking new trial in 1971 rape claims state hid evidence
BATON ROUGE, La. - A Louisiana man serving a life sentence for the rape of a nurse in 1971 claims authorities concealed evidence that the crime was committed by another man linked to two similar attac...
Jan 17, 2017
Police: Fugitive wanted in officer's fatal shooting captured
ORLANDO, Fla. - The suspect in the fatal shooting of an Orlando police officer was captured Tuesday night after eluding a massive manhunt for more than a week, authorities said. Orlando police Chief J...
Jan 17, 2017
DeVos pledges not to undo public education, pushes choice
WASHINGTON - In a sometimes contentious confirmation hearing, education secretary pick Betsy DeVos pledged that she would not seek to dismantle public schools amid questions by Democrats about her qua...
Jan 17, 2017
Feds: McKesson agrees to pay $150M in pill shipment case
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A major California-based drug wholesaler has agreed to pay $150 million to settle allegations that it failed to detect and report pharmacies’ suspicious orders of prescriptio...
Jan 17, 2017
Adams' 'Girls of the Golden West' to premiere on Nov 21.
SAN FRANCISCO - Composer John Adams’ “Girls of the Golden West” will be given its world premiere by the San Francisco Opera on Nov. 21. The work, with a libretto by Peter Sellars, po...
Jan 17, 2017
Film about 1960s black mathematicians tops MLK weekend
NEW YORK - “Hidden Figures,” the uplifting film about African-American mathematicians at NASA during the 1960s space race, led the North American box office for the second straight week, s...
Jan 17, 2017
Denver woman died during shooting at Mexico music festival
DENVER - A Denver woman is among five people who died during a shooting at a Caribbean resort town, her brother said Tuesday. Robert Aaron Martinez told KMGH-TV that his sister, Alejandra Villanueva I...
Jan 17, 2017
Lawmakers urge Detroit-area mayor to resign over recordings
WARREN, Mich. - Federal, state and county lawmakers are calling for a Detroit-area mayor to quit after unverified audio tapes surfaced purportedly featuring him making racist and sexist comments. Warr...
Jan 17, 2017