Category Archives: World
Chicago schools: Cuts possible due to pension aid veto
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois Democrats failed Thursday to override the Republican governor’s veto of $215 million to help the financially struggling Chicago Public Schools with pension payments ...
Dec 01, 2016
California attorney general pick pledges affront to Trump
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The longtime Democratic congressman slated to become California’s next attorney general immediately took a combative stance against Republican President-elect Donald Trump&#...
Dec 01, 2016
Parents disarm their son who brought guns to Utah school
BOUNTIFUL, Utah - Two fast-acting parents disarmed their 15-year-old son at a Utah junior high school Thursday after they noticed the teenager acting peculiarly in the morning and realized he had take...
Dec 01, 2016
Sheriff: Suspect in credit union hostage-taking charged
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After an armed robbery suspect put a gun to the back of one hostage’s head, SWAT team members resolved at the first chance they had Thursday to storm a north Florida credit ...
Dec 01, 2016
US 30-year average mortgage rate rises to 4.08 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates marked a fifth week of surges in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election win, reaching their highest levels this year. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac says...
Dec 01, 2016
US factories expanded for third straight month in November
WASHINGTON - American factories expanded for the third straight month in November, another good sign for the American economy. The Institute for Supply Management says its manufacturing index came in ...
Dec 01, 2016
Black Friday deals helped lift US auto sales in November
DETROIT - Black Friday deals and postelection confidence helped pull November U.S. auto sales out of their recent slump - and increased the chances that 2016 could set a record for new vehicle sales. ...
Dec 01, 2016
US construction spending up 0.5 per cent in October
WASHINGTON - U.S. builders boosted spending on construction projects by a modest amount in October, helped by big gains in spending on home construction and the biggest increase in government projects...
Dec 01, 2016
Italian vote weighs on markets despite upbeat US jobs data
LONDON - More solid U.S. jobs data on Friday did little to alter the cautious mood in global stock markets as investors braced for Italy’s referendum on constitutional reform over the weekend an...
Dec 01, 2016
Grief turns to anger amid reports of lack of fuel in crash
MEDELLIN, Colombia - Authorities prepared Thursday to transport home the bodies of dozens of victims of this week’s air tragedy in Colombia as grief turned to anger amid indications the airliner...
Dec 01, 2016