Category Archives: World
Nominee to lead FAA will face challenge on Boeing oversight
President Donald Trump has tapped a former Delta Air Lines executive to lead the Federal Aviation Administration as the regulator deals with questions about its approval of a Boeing airliner involved ...
Mar 19, 2019
No timetable for end to fire at Texas chemical facility
HOUSTON - Officials said Tuesday that they’re not sure when a fire at a Houston-area petrochemicals storage facility will burn itself out, but they are confident that the air quality is safe, de...
Mar 19, 2019
Jury: Roundup weed killer major factor in man's cancer
SAN FRANCISCO - A jury in federal court in San Francisco has concluded that Roundup weed killer was a substantial factor in a California man’s cancer. The unanimous verdict on Tuesday came in a ...
Mar 19, 2019
Maine House OKs switch to Indigenous Peoples Day
AUGUSTA, Maine - A proposal to trade the Columbus Day holiday for a tribute to Native Americans has received initial approval in the Maine House. The House voted 88-51 Tuesday in support of the bill, ...
Mar 19, 2019
Michigan House backs highway designation for Aretha Franklin
LANSING, Mich. - In a sign of R-E-S-P-E-C-T, the Michigan Legislature is expected to honour the late Queen of Soul with a highway designation. The Michigan House voted 101-6 on Tuesday to designate a ...
Mar 19, 2019
Congress' inaction endangers black lung fund
COEBURN, Va. - Former coal miner John Robinson’s bills for black lung treatments run $4,000 a month, but the federal fund he depends on to help cover them is being drained of money because of in...
Mar 19, 2019
Tyler Perry steps in to help 4 children of slain single mom
ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Less than a day after the family of a slain single mother of four launched a fundraising appeal, actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry has lent his support. News outlets report Perry offer...
Mar 19, 2019
AP source: Trout, Angels close to record $432M, 12-year deal
Mike Trout is on the verge of becoming baseball’s first half-billion dollar man. Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12-year contract that would shatter the ...
Mar 19, 2019
Police: Duo nabbed trying to steal Capone statue in Arkansas
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - It was a caper Scarface might have sanctioned … until they dropped him and got collared. Authorities say two Missouri men snatched a statue of Al Capone from its seat outside...
Mar 19, 2019
Tommy Orange wins PEN/Hemingway Award for debut novel
NEW YORK - Novelist Tommy Orange keeps winning awards. PEN America announced Tuesday that the author of “There There,” the most honoured literary debut of 2018, has received the PEN/Heming...
Mar 19, 2019