Category Archives: World
Bristol-Myers Squibb buying Celgene in $74B deal
SUMMIT, N.J. - Bristol-Myers Squibb is spending $74 billion on fellow drugmaker Celgene in a deal aimed at stocking the combined company’s development pipeline with cancer, immunology and cardio...
Jan 03, 2019
Orrin Hatch ends 4-decade Senate run as unique GOP voice
SALT LAKE CITY - Orrin Hatch ended his tenure Thursday as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservatives in t...
Jan 03, 2019
Restaurant removes sign over concerns it's offensive
KEENE, N.H. - A New Hampshire restaurant that’s preparing to open has removed a sign advertising its name over concerns that it sounded like profanity. The name of the Vietnamese restaurant in a...
Jan 03, 2019
Side of the moon you can't see 'is not dark, it's just far'
WASHINGTON - Despite the name of Pink Floyd’s bestselling album, the side of the moon you can’t see isn’t always dark. But it is far. So scientists call the area where a Chinese spac...
Jan 03, 2019
Man accused in attack on black boy in Wichita arrested again
WICHITA, Kan. - A man accused of kicking a 1-year-old black boy and yelling racial slurs in a Kansas grocery store was back in jail Thursday after being arrested in a drug possession case. Trace Riff,...
Jan 03, 2019
Powerful Chicago council member charged in federal probe
CHICAGO - One of the most powerful and longest-serving City Council members in Chicago history appeared in federal court Thursday on a charge that he tried to shake down a major fast-food restaurant c...
Jan 03, 2019
DJ Art Laboe, 93, spins oldies to link inmates and family
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. - It’s approaching 9 p.m. and Art Laboe adjusts the microphone as Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family” ends. “And now it’s time for you to call up f...
Jan 03, 2019
Could Tesla price cuts mean demand is slowing?
DETROIT - Tesla made about 9,300 more vehicles than it delivered last year, raising concerns among industry analysts that inventory is growing as demand for the company’s electric cars may be st...
Jan 03, 2019
Helped by Beyonce clip, Paris' Louvre breaks visitor record
PARIS - The Louvre in Paris, the world’s most visited museum, received a record 10.2 million visitors in 2018, numbers boosted by a video clip shot by pop star Beyonce amid its paintings and scu...
Jan 03, 2019
Speaker again, Pelosi sees 'new dawn' for 116th Congress
WASHINGTON - Cheering Democrats returned Nancy Pelosi to the House speaker’s post Thursday as the 116th Congress ushered in a historically diverse freshman class eager to confront President Dona...
Jan 03, 2019