Category Archives: World

In this photo by Andy Wong, a model presents a wedding dress designed by Tsai Meiyue during the Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week in Beijing. Tsai’s other creations for weddings included illumina...

WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week, moving closer to historically low levels. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage eased to...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday disqualified a medical marijuana proposal from the ballot less than two weeks before the election and with thousands of votes already cast, b...

LEICESTER, N.C. - A North Carolina woman who bought a scratch-off ticket to show her husband that lottery tickets are a waste of money has won $1 million. Glenda Blackwell of Leicester tells WLOS-TV (...

NEW YORK - A painting by Norman Rockwell that depicts the undecided voter sentiment during the 1944 presidential election - much like the 2016 race - will be the highlight of an auction of American ar...

WASHINGTON - Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods dipped slightly in September as a key category that tracks business investment fell by the largest amount in seven months. Orders for durable good...

WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans sought unemployment aid last week, a sign that businesses are holding onto their workers and hiring is likely solid. THE NUMBERS: Weekly applications for unemployment bene...

CAIRO - The Libyan navy said on Thursday that at least 90 migrants are believed to have perished when their rickety boat started to fall apart in the Mediterranean Sea, after leaving the Libyan coast....

NEW YORK - Twitter, seemingly unable to find a buyer and losing money, is cutting about 9 per cent of its employees worldwide. It is also killing off Vine, a mobile video app where people share short ...

DEARBORN, Mich. - Troubles in Ford Motor Co.’s home market - including slowing U.S. sales, a massive recall and the difficult launch of new heavy-duty pickups - are hurting the company’s b...