Category Archives: World
Australia recognizes west Jerusalem as Israel's capital
SYDNEY, Australia - Australia has decided to formally recognize west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but won’t move its embassy until there’s a peace settlement between Israel and the...
Dec 14, 2018
1947 best-picture Oscar sells for nearly $500,000 at auction
LOS ANGELES - One Academy Award trophy sold for nearly $500,000 and the second for well over $200,000 in a rare auction of Oscars that ended Friday in Los Angeles. A best-picture Oscar for “Gent...
Dec 14, 2018
Apple strikes deal to produce new 'Peanuts' content
LOS ANGELES - Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the “Peanuts” crew will have a new home on Apple’s streaming service. Apple has struck a deal with DHX Media to produce new “PeanutsR...
Dec 14, 2018
GM says it has 2,700 jobs for workers slated to be laid off
DETROIT - General Motors’ plans to lay off 14,000 salaried and blue-collar workers might not be as bad as originally projected. The company said Friday that 2,700 out of the 3,300 U.S. factory j...
Dec 14, 2018
Trump club is in tax break zone, but is unlikely to benefit
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s company owns a golf club in an Opportunity Zone offering developers massive tax breaks, but experts say it is unlikely it could take advantage of them. The Tr...
Dec 14, 2018
Salt Lake City gets go-ahead to bid for Winter Olympics
Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for the Winter Olympics - most likely for 2030 - in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. ...
Dec 14, 2018
Scandal-plagued CBS grants $20M to 18 women's rights groups
NEW YORK - CBS on Friday pledged to give $20 million to 18 organizations dedicated to eliminating sexual harassment in the workplace as the network tries to recover from a scandal that led to the oust...
Dec 14, 2018
State lawmakers urge clemency for woman convicted as teen
NASHVILLE - Several Democratic Tennessee lawmakers are urging Republican Gov. Bill Haslam to grant clemency to a woman convicted of murdering a man when she was a 16-year-old prostitute. Newly elected...
Dec 14, 2018
Michigan governor signs bills to gut wage, sick time laws
LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Rick Snyder on Friday signed laws to significantly scale back citizen-initiated measures to raise Michigan’s minimum wage and require paid sick leave for workers, finalizin...
Dec 14, 2018
Comedian Lange avoids jail time despite positive drug test
NEWARK, N.J. - A judge has spared comedian Artie Lange jail time even though he tested positive for cocaine and amphetamine. Despite the positive test Friday in Newark, the judge ordered Lange’s...
Dec 14, 2018