Category Archives: World
Lawsuit seeks to ban Google from US government contracts
SAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Labor Department is trying to bar Google from doing business with the federal government unless the internet company turns over confidential information about thousands of its...
Jan 04, 2017
UN official: Optimism in east Aleppo because guns are silent
A senior U.N. humanitarian official working in the Syrian city of Aleppo said Wednesday that combat damage in the former rebel-held eastern districts is enormous but there is a sense of optimism becau...
Jan 04, 2017
Pot luck: Advocates to hand out joints at Trump inauguration
WASHINGTON - A group of marijuana legalization advocates plan to hand out thousands of joints during President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Pro-marijuana organization DCMJ will begin distr...
Jan 04, 2017

Woman gives birth during auto shop oil change
DORMONT, Pa. - Some auto shops offer 10-minute oil change service. That still would have been about seven minutes too long for a Pennsylvania woman who gave birth while the oil in her husband’s ...
Jan 04, 2017
The big thing in TV sets this year is ... big TV sets
LAS VEGAS - What’s new in television sets this year? Incrementally better pictures, larger screens and cheaper prices - and that’s about it. True, set manufacturers are bombarding consumer...
Jan 04, 2017
105-year-old Frenchman sets cycling record
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France - Nearly a century ago, Robert Marchand was told by a coach that he should give up cycling because he would never achieve anything on a bike. He proved that predictio...
Jan 04, 2017
'Obama Out': President ending reign as pop culture king
WASHINGTON - From his campaign fist bump to his theatrical mic drop at the last White House correspondents’ dinner, Barack Obama ruled as America’s pop culture president. His two terms pla...
Jan 04, 2017

Fed minutes: If economy heats up, rate hikes may accelerate
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve officials, who boosted a key interest rate last month, said they might need to accelerate future rate hikes if a faster-growing economy pushes down the unemployment rate f...
Jan 04, 2017
LGBT activists view Obama as staunch champion of their cause
It was a new look for the White House: illuminated in rainbow colours to celebrate the Supreme Court decision allowing same-sex marriage nationwide. President Barack Obama, who was inside, felt the gl...
Jan 04, 2017
Train crashes at end of platform; 100 people injured
NEW YORK - A packed Long Island Rail Road rush hour train crashed at the end of a platform as it pulled into a major transportation hub on Wednesday, hurling passengers onto the floor and slamming the...
Jan 04, 2017