Category Archives: World
Aussie clad only in underpants leads police to crash suspect
BRISBANE, Australia - A bystander dressed only in underpants helped police arrest an unlicensed driver who allegedly crashed a car into an Australian takeout restaurant on Thursday then fled. Daniel M...
Nov 23, 2016
Death toll in construction accident in China rises to 74
BEIJING - The death toll from the collapse of scaffolding at a construction site in eastern China rose to 74, state media said Friday, in the country’s worst work-safety accident in over two yea...
Nov 23, 2016
NewsAlert: 22 reported dead in Chinese construction site collapse
BEIJING - Chinese state media say at least 22 people have been killed and others are trapped in a collapse at a construction site. More to come. The Canadian Press
Nov 23, 2016
Grassley mulls subpoenas for Mylan, DOJ over EpiPen
WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday he is considering a subpoena or another method of compelling testimony from the pharmaceutical company Mylan, the Justice Dep...
Nov 23, 2016
Obama makes final Thanksgiving turkey pardon
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama got the holiday mood started at the White House on Wednesday with the traditional pardoning of the national Thanksgiving turkey, this time with his nephews standing...
Nov 23, 2016
Billionaire investor is Trump's Commerce secretary pick
WASHINGTON - Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor considered the “king of bankruptcy” for buying beaten-down companies with the potential to deliver profits, is President-elect Donald Tru...
Nov 23, 2016
Spike Lee sued for failing to pay union health contributions
NEW YORK - Filmmaker Spike Lee and his companies are being sued by the directors of three union benefit plans who contend he didn’t make sufficient health and pension contributions. The lawsuit ...
Nov 23, 2016
US businesses cheer overtime ruling; many already upped pay
LAS VEGAS - Businesses around the country on Wednesday cheered a court decision blocking the Obama administration’s sweeping new overtime rules, but many had already raised salaries or ordered m...
Nov 23, 2016
Trump win could give Israel freer hand with Palestinians
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s presidential victory has dimmed hopes for reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and analysts say Israel may be given carte blanche from his administration. ...
Nov 23, 2016
Oscar-winning 'Heaven Can Wait' production designer dies
LOS ANGELES - Paul Sylbert, a talented production designer who won an Oscar for his work on “Heaven Can Wait,” died Saturday at age 88 outside of Philadelphia, producer Hawk Koch said Wedn...
Nov 23, 2016