Category Archives: World
Judge refuses to overturn $4.7 billion talc powder verdict
ST. LOUIS - A Missouri judge denied Johnson & Johnson’s bid to overturn a $4.7 billion jury verdict awarded to nearly two dozen women who said the company’s talcum powder contributed t...
Dec 20, 2018
House GOP approves Trump's wall money as shutdown looms
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s demand for border wall funds hurled the federal government closer to a shutdown as the Republican-led House approved a package Thursday with his $5.7 billio...
Dec 20, 2018
Mattis outlines strategic hazards facing next Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON - The extraordinary resignation letter that Defence Secretary Jim Mattis handed to a surprised President Donald Trump was not just a product of two years of accumulating frustration with an...
Dec 20, 2018
Former NFL receiver Green-Beckham arrested in Missouri raid
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Police say former NFL wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham has been arrested after diving through a glass window when officers arrived to search a Missouri house. The Springfield News...
Dec 20, 2018
Judge lets people suing Trump keep their names off lawsuit
NEW YORK - A federal judge, saying President Donald Trump has used his “position and platform” in unprecedented fashion to affect court cases, temporarily agreed Thursday to protect the id...
Dec 20, 2018
Markets Right Now: Stocks plunge again, Dow sinks 464 points
NEW YORK - The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m. Another miserable day on Wall Street knocked 464 points off the Dow Jones Industrial average, bringing its losses s...
Dec 20, 2018
Brazil Judge suspends Boeing-Embraer deal for second time
RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian judge has for the second time in a month stalled a US$5.26 billion deal between airplane manufacturers Boeing and Embraer. The temporary injunction issued Wednesday by Jud...
Dec 20, 2018
Pediatrician admits to assaulting dozens of young patients
Nearly two decades after Pennsylvania state regulators let him off the hook, a former pediatrician admitted in court Thursday that he sexually assaulted 31 children, most of them patients. Dr. Johnnie...
Dec 20, 2018
House vote sends major criminal justice overhaul to Trump
WASHINGTON - The House passed a wide-ranging criminal justice bill on Thursday that will reduce some of the harshest sentences for federal drug offenders and boost prison rehabilitation programs, hand...
Dec 20, 2018
UK airport chaos highlights difficulty in stopping drones
LONDON - When drones buzzing over the runway forced London’s busy Gatwick Airport to shut down, many travellers wondered why it’s so hard for authorities to stop such intruders. Shoot them...
Dec 20, 2018