Category Archives: World
China astronauts return from monthlong space station stay
BEIJING - A pair of Chinese astronauts returned Friday from a monthlong stay aboard the country’s space station, China’s sixth and longest crewed mission and a sign of the growing ambition...
Nov 18, 2016
Hundreds of O'Hare airport workers vote to strike
CHICAGO - Hundreds of O’Hare International Airport workers have voted to go on strike ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Service Employees International Union Local 1 officials said Thursday tha...
Nov 18, 2016
Minnesota officer released after hearing in Castile shooting
ST. PAUL, Minn. - A Minnesota police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile during a July traffic stop will be allowed to remain free as a manslaughter case against him proceeds, a judge ruled d...
Nov 18, 2016
Trump claims to save auto plant. But it wasn't closing.
DETROIT - President-elect Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he convinced the chairman of Ford Motor Co. not to move an assembly plant from Kentucky to Mexico. But Ford never intended to move the plan...
Nov 17, 2016
US says anti-Nazi resolution at UN restricts free speech
The United States was one of three countries to vote against a U.N. resolution condemning the glorification of Nazism on Thursday, citing freedom of speech issues and concerns Russia was using it to c...
Nov 17, 2016
IS attacks in Mosul as poor visibility slows Iraqi advance
MOSUL, Iraq - Cloudy skies neutralized air power in Mosul on Thursday, Iraqi forces said, hampering their advance in the northern city, although they still faced deadly attacks by Islamic State milita...
Nov 17, 2016
73 killed in tanker explosion in Mozambique
JOHANNESBURG - A fuel tanker exploded in northern Mozambique as residents gathered around to buy fuel from the driver on Thursday, killing 73 people and injuring 110 others, Mozambican media reported....
Nov 17, 2016
Judge awards damages of $36M in Bobbi Kristina death case
ATLANTA - Lawyers for Bobbi Kristina Brown’s estate say a judge in Atlanta has ordered her partner, Nick Gordon, to pay $36 million in a wrongful death case. Brown, the daughter of singers Whitn...
Nov 17, 2016
Sorry Trump, NY Times says subscriptions rose since election
NEW YORK - The New York Times pushed back against President-elect Donald Trump, saying Thursday that its paid subscriptions have jumped since the election, despite what Trump has said on Twitter. On S...
Nov 17, 2016
Markets Right Now: Gains in bank stocks lead market higher
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 4:00 p.m. Another solid increase in bank stocks pushed major market indexes higher on Wall Street. Banks, which had lagged...
Nov 17, 2016