Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Thursday that the economy is healthy and that the Fed’s steady interest rate increases are intended to prolong its expansion. Powell said...

PARIS - The ever-inventive Rick Owens nearly cooked his front row at Paris Fashion Week thanks to a giant burning sculpture, while Indian designer Manish Arora brought the colours of a carnival and Ca...

Celebrity reaction to the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee: “These men are wholly uninterested and unmoved by this woman’s words...

PITTSBURGH - Actor Denzel Washington has helped mark the start of renovations at playwright August Wilson’s childhood home in Pittsburgh. The Tribune-Review reports Washington headlined a ceremo...

MEXICO CITY - Guatemalan lawmakers are facing criticism after they moved to block a Swedish dark metal band from entering the country, calling it “satanic.” The congressional decree bannin...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kentucky’s bourbon distilleries ratcheted up production again last year, boosting overall inventory to 7.5 million barrels of aging whiskey - the highest volume since 1972, an ...

GASTONIA, N.C. - The chief of a North Carolina police department said Thursday he was “heartbroken” over the discovery of a body believed to be that of a missing 6-year-old boy. Gastonia P...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Seven men were arrested Thursday in the Netherlands on suspicion of plotting a large-scale extremist attack that Dutch prosecutors said they think was foiled following a month...

RED BANK, N.J. - Comedian and former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart has surprised construction workers at a New Jersey performing arts theatre with a free lunch. Stewart appeared behind the...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An 18-year-old Little Rock teen has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the fatal shooting of a 2-year-old girl in 2016. Court records first reported by the Arkans...