Category Archives: World
Army expelled 500 immigrant recruits in 1 year
Over the course of 12 months, the U.S. Army discharged more than 500 immigrant enlistees who were recruited across the globe for their language or medical skills and promised a fast track to citizensh...
Oct 11, 2018
California train agency fined $650,000 for 2 worker deaths
SAN FRANCISCO - Regulators fined the San Francisco Bay Area’s transit agency $650,000 on Thursday for safety failures that led a commuter train to strike and kill two workers inspecting track fi...
Oct 11, 2018
Trump steps up his attacks on Federal Reserve's rate hikes
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday escalated his attack on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases, asserting that “the Fed is out of control” and blaming it for t...
Oct 11, 2018
Louisiana pays $149K to settle harassment suit
BATON ROUGE, La. - Louisiana has agreed to pay nearly $150,000 to end a sexual misconduct lawsuit against a former Republican secretary of state who resigned in May, the state’s highest public o...
Oct 11, 2018
Shareholders must vote on Musk's return as Tesla chairman
If Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to return as chairman, shareholders will have to vote on it. The requirement is detailed in a court brief filed jointly on Thursday by Tesla and the Securities and Exchang...
Oct 11, 2018
Risk of streaming fatigue as Walmart, AT&T, Disney join fray
NEW YORK - Walmart, AT&T and Disney are joining stalwarts such as Netflix in streaming video and creating original shows. But a reality is setting in: Not all will survive. Over the past week, Wal...
Oct 11, 2018
Promoter of failed Fyre Festival gets 6 years in prison
NEW YORK - A federal judge has given the creator of the highly publicized, failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas a six-year prison term. Billy McFarland was sentenced Thursday in Manhattan federal court...
Oct 11, 2018
Kanye West delivers jaw-dropping performance in Oval Office
WASHINGTON - Live from the Oval Office, it’s Kanye West with a jaw-dropping performance. The rapper didn’t rap. But, seated across from President Donald Trump at the Resolute Desk, the mus...
Oct 11, 2018
Kid Rock comes to White House as Trump signs royalty bill
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is welcoming musicians including Kid Rock and country star John Rich to the White House as he signs legislation overhauling the way music is licensed and songwriter...
Oct 11, 2018
Italian parliament approves controversial spending targets
MILAN - Italy’s parliament has approved deficit-raising spending targets, defying markets and Italy’s eurozone partners who had been pressing for changes. The parliamentary vote Thursday c...
Oct 11, 2018