Category Archives: World

MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee mother is charged in the scalding death of her 2-year-old daughter, who had recently been returned to her by child protection services. A criminal complaint says 41-year-old Li...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 4.2 per cent in the second quarter, the best performance in nearly four years, though economists believe growth has slowed in the current ...

DETROIT - From Ford to Walmart to Procter & Gamble, a growing number of iconic American companies are warning that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on U.S. imports are raising their costs an...

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. - A movie sequel to Stephen King’s horror classic “The Shining” has begun filming on the Georgia coast. Filmmakers set up vehicles including large RVs, a tent,...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison said Wednesday he’s requesting a House Ethics Committee investigation into the allegation of physical abuse from an ex-girlfriend that i...

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is off to a slow start in his mission to bring virtual reality to the masses, so perhaps it’s appropriate his company’s next VR headset will be...

CHICAGO - Following years of reformulating at McDonald’s, most of the burgers it serves in the U.S. are now preservative-free. As of Wednesday, the world’s largest burger chain says classi...

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve signalled its confidence Wednesday in the U.S. economy by raising a key interest rate for a third time this year, forecasting another rate hike before year’s end...

PARIS - The first paying guests to the ground-floor studio flat newly posted on Airbnb were innocuous enough: A family, come to experience the joys of Paris, like many millions of others. Franck Brian...

GEORGETOWN, S.C. - The last community in the way of Hurricane Florence’s floodwaters as they slowly flow to the sea got some good news Wednesday - the predictions aren’t as dire as they on...