Category Archives: World
Israeli operation targets Hezbollah cross-border tunnels
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military launched an open-ended operation Tuesday to destroy what it said was a network of attack tunnels built by Hezbollah, saying it had foiled a plot by the Iranian-backed ...
Dec 03, 2018
Report: Maria had $43B impact on Puerto Rico's economy
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A report from Puerto Rico’s government says Hurricane Maria had a $43 billion impact on the U.S. territory’s economy, $1 billion more than originally estimated. The...
Dec 03, 2018
Fed Chairman Powell says economic challenges remain
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says that despite solid economic progress, the country still faces a number of challenges including slow wage-growth for lower-income workers to slu...
Dec 03, 2018
Congress seeks 2-week extension to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders introduced a two-week funding bill Monday to avert a partial government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s border wall, as business in the Capitol came to ...
Dec 03, 2018
Settlement reached in infamous "Norfolk 4" case
RICHMOND, Va. - The city of Norfolk has agreed to pay $4.9 million to four former sailors who were wrongly convicted of a woman’s rape and murder based on intimidating police interrogations. A c...
Dec 03, 2018
Eddie Murphy and fiance have baby boy, his 10th child
LOS ANGELES - Eddie Murphy and his fiance Paige Butcher have a new baby boy. The couple released a statement through Murphy’s publicist Monday saying Max Charles Murphy was born Friday and weigh...
Dec 03, 2018
College alert: Report of possible campus gunman unfounded
RALEIGH, N.C. - A report of a possible gunman at William Peace University’s downtown Raleigh campus prompted the school to tell people to shelter in place Monday. But authorities later gave the ...
Dec 03, 2018
Reused rocket takes off carrying 64 satellites
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A SpaceX rocket carrying 64 small satellites lifted off from California on Monday, marking the first time the same Falcon 9 rocket has been used in three space miss...
Dec 03, 2018
NASA spacecraft arrives at ancient asteroid, its 1st visitor
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived Monday at the ancient asteroid Bennu, its first visitor in billions of years. The robotic explorer Osiris-Rex pulled within 12 ...
Dec 03, 2018
Beloved gift shop turtle celebrates 50th birthday party
BRISTOL, N.H. - A turtle given to a bedridden little boy in New Hampshire back in 1968 celebrated her 50th birthday with party hats, a sheet cake with the right number of candles and many well-wishers...
Dec 03, 2018