Category Archives: World
Toddler boy pushes fallen dresser off twin brother in video
OREM, Utah - A 2-year-old boy in Utah has been caught on a nanny cam saving his twin brother by pushing a fallen dresser off him. The video shows the Orem toddlers climbing on open drawers before the ...
Jan 03, 2017
Appeals court: Minnesota sex offender program constitutional
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota’s program for keeping sex offenders confined after they complete their prison sentences is constitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, reversing a lower-court ...
Jan 03, 2017
US factory activity hit 2-year high in December
WASHINGTON - U.S. manufacturing activity expanded in December to its highest level in two years, as new orders and production jumped in a positive sign for economic growth. The Institute for Supply Ma...
Jan 03, 2017
Global shares advance; Japan's Nikkei rises on weak yen
TOKYO - Global shares rose Wednesday as gains in the U.S. and Asian markets carried over into European trading. The Tokyo benchmark jumped in the opening day for 2017, helped by a weak yen. KEEPING SC...
Jan 03, 2017
US construction spending hits highest level in 10 years
WASHINGTON - U.S. builders boosted spending on construction projects for a second straight month in November, pushing activity to the highest level in more than a decade. Construction spending rose 0....
Jan 03, 2017
Markets Right Now: US stocks open 2017 with solid gains
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. The stock market turned in a solid gain on the first trading day of 2017, led by health care and phone companies...
Jan 03, 2017
Bruce Springsteen questions Trump's competence for office
RUMSON, N.J. - “The Boss” is questioning whether President-elect Donald Trump is ready to take office. During an interview on Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast released Monday, ...
Jan 03, 2017
Video weakens Myanmar claims it's not abusing Rohingya
YANGON, Myanmar - Newly revealed video of Myanmar police beating Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine state has weakened months of government claims that its forces have not committed abuses in the te...
Jan 03, 2017
1st bishop indicted in US on sexual-abuse claim dies at 83
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Former Bishop Thomas Dupre, the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States to be indicted on a sexual-abuse claim during the flood of abuse accusations against church offici...
Jan 03, 2017
Twins born in different years, delivered 18 minutes apart
BROOKSVILLE, Fla. - Twins delivered at a Florida hospital over the New Year’s weekend have different birth years, with one born in 2016 and the other in 2017. News outlets report that Geraldine ...
Jan 03, 2017