Category Archives: World
AP FACT CHECK: Multiple missteps mark Trump, Clinton forum
WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump repeated a bevy of previous misstatements in a forum on national security issues, while his Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton continued to gloss over h...
Sep 08, 2016

Texas sheriff: 1 student dead, 1 hurt in school shooting
ALPINE, Texas - A 14-year-old girl died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting and injuring another female student Thursday inside a high school in West Texas, according to the loc...
Sep 08, 2016
Interstate non-cents: Unstamped coins spill in Delaware
WILMINGTON, Del. - Authorities in Delaware say a tractor-trailer carrying 40,000 pounds of unstamped pennies overturned on northbound Interstate 95, spilling its load and jamming traffic. Delaware Sta...
Sep 08, 2016

US average 30-year mortgage rate declines to 3.44 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged lower this week. As rates remain at historically low levels, homeowners taking advantage of the chance to refinance their mortgages have pushed up refi...
Sep 08, 2016
Door latch recall to cost Ford, cut into full-year profits
DETROIT - A pesky and growing recall of vehicles with door latches that can pop open while being driven will be so costly that Ford Motor Co. is reducing its estimate of pretax profits for the full ye...
Sep 08, 2016

Applications for unemployment benefits slipped last week
WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, another sign the U.S. job market remains healthy despite a downshift in hiring last month. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department s...
Sep 08, 2016

Mazda recalls 2.2M vehicles worldwide; rear hatches can fall
DETROIT - Mazda is recalling 2.2 million cars and SUVs worldwide because the rear hatches can fall on people and injure them. The recall covers certain 2010 through 2013 Mazda 3 compact cars, as well ...
Sep 08, 2016

Miners rally for bill to protect health, pension benefits
WASHINGTON - Thousands of unionized mine workers and supporters rallied at the Capitol Thursday to push for a bill that would protect health-care and pension benefits for about 120,000 former coal min...
Sep 08, 2016

Air China removes mag with offensive article about London
BEIJING - Chinese flag-carrier Air China said Thursday that it had removed copies of its inflight magazine containing an article criticized as racist for telling visitors to take precautions when visi...
Sep 08, 2016

Russia: Israel, Palestinian leaders agree to meet for talks
MOSCOW - Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the Israeli and the Palestinian leaders have agreed “in principle” to meet in Moscow for talks in what the Russians hope...
Sep 08, 2016