Category Archives: World

Trump suggests 'consequences' for any flag-burners
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that anyone who burns an American flag should face unspecified “consequences,” such as jail or a loss of citizenship. But the Supreme...
Nov 29, 2016
Rapper Kodak Black extradited after finishing drug sentence
FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Rapper Kodak Black has been extradited to South Carolina to answer to a charge of criminal sexual conduct after serving a drug case sentence in Florida. The Florida Sun Sentinel re...
Nov 29, 2016
Thai queen's health improves, leaves hospital for palace
BANGKOK - Thailand’s Queen Sirikit, widow of recently deceased King Bhumibol Adulyadej, has recovered from a fever and lung infection and has left a hospital and returned to Chitralada Palace in...
Nov 29, 2016

Neil Young wants Obama to end 'violence' at pipeline protest
BISMARCK, N.D. - Neil Young is calling on President Barack Obama “to step in and end” what he calls the “violence” against protesters demonstrating against an oil pipeline bein...
Nov 29, 2016

US home prices surpass pre-recession peak amid healthy sales
WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices have fully recovered from their steep plunge during the housing bust and Great Recession, according to a private measure. The Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-S...
Nov 29, 2016

US economy grew at 3.2 per cent in third quarter
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy in the third quarter grew at the fastest pace in two years, with a revised report showing stronger consumer spending than first estimated. The gross domestic product, the...
Nov 29, 2016

Fatah movement re-elects President Abbas as party leader
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory - President Mahmoud Abbas’ long-dominant Fatah movement on Tuesday opened a conference that is expected to cement the rule of the 81-year-old Palestinian leader a...
Nov 29, 2016
Feds show no 'Love' for New York state roadway signs
ALBANY, N.Y. - The Federal Highway Administration isn’t showing any “Love” for some tourism signs along New York state highways. Officials with the FHA and the New York state Departm...
Nov 29, 2016
Fitch warns of 'populist surge' on global growth
LONDON - A leading credit ratings agency is warning that a surge in populism and anti-establishment sentiment is pushing the world into an era of economic nationalism to the detriment of long-term glo...
Nov 29, 2016

Trump tapping Washington, Wall Street veterans for top jobs
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump is enlisting a trio of nominees with deep ties to Washington and Wall Street to fill out his Cabinet, including former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin ...
Nov 29, 2016