Category Archives: World

What's yogurt? Industry wants greater liberty to use term
NEW YORK - If low-fat yogurt is blended with fatty ingredients like coconut or chocolate, is it still low-fat? Is it even yogurt? The U.S. government has rules about what can be called “yogurt,&...
Sep 25, 2018
'Making a Murderer' sequel set to premiere Oct. 19
MADISON, Wis. - A sequel to the popular “Making a Murderer” documentary series is set to premiere Oct. 19 on Netflix. The first “Making a Murderer” recounted the story of Steve...
Sep 25, 2018

Argentina's central bank chief resigns amid IMF negotiations
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina’s central bank chief resigned Tuesday amid negotiations with the International Monetary Fund. The surprise resignation of Luis Caputo was announced in a bank ...
Sep 25, 2018

Trump: Venezuelan socialist president easily toppled
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro could be easily toppled by a military coup and the U.S stepped up financial pressure by sl...
Sep 25, 2018

Singer Gary Numan's tour bus involved in fatal crash
CLEVELAND - Police say a tour bus carrying British singer Gary Numan struck and killed a 91-year-old man in Cleveland. Authorities say Numan’s tour bus was making a right turn when it struck the...
Sep 25, 2018
Lawyer: Mental illness led to Fyre Festival promoter's crime
NEW YORK - A lawyer says mental illness caused the promoter of a failed music festival to rip off investors and commit other crimes. Attorney Randall Jackson urged a Manhattan judge Friday to be lenie...
Sep 25, 2018

US home prices rise at slowest pace in nearly a year
WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices rose in July at the slowest pace in 10 months as climbing mortgage rates become a more significant factor for a growing number of prospective buyers. The S&P CoreLogi...
Sep 25, 2018

Michael Kors ups the glamour, buys Versace for $2 billion
NEW YORK - Michael Kors is buying the Italian fashion house Versace in a deal worth more than $2 billion (1.83 billion euros), continuing its hard charge into the world of high-end fashion. The deal T...
Sep 25, 2018

Cosby in cuffs: TV star gets 3 to 10 years for sex assault
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - At an age when other Hollywood stars are settling into retirement and collecting lifetime-achievement awards, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was led away to prison in handcuffs Tuesday, s...
Sep 24, 2018
Judge appears likely to toss Stormy Daniels' defamation suit
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge appeared poised Monday to toss out a defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump by porn actress Stormy Daniels. Judge S. James Otero said in U.S. District Court th...
Sep 24, 2018