Category Archives: World

Prince's family sues doctor who prescribed him pain pills
MINNEAPOLIS - The family of the late rock star Prince is suing a doctor who prescribed pain pills for him, saying the doctor failed to treat him for opiate addiction and therefore bears responsibility...
Aug 24, 2018
The Latest: Fed officials ponder the yield curve signal
WASHINGTON - The Latest on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming (Eastern daylight time): ___ 2:30 p.m. One of the topics at this year’s gathering of cen...
Aug 24, 2018
Fox's Carlson stunned by reaction to stories on South Africa
NEW YORK - Fox News’ Tucker Carlson says he’s shocked his segments this week on a South African policy on land reform should be considered an appeal to white nationalists - let alone spark...
Aug 24, 2018

Iowa murder suspect lived on land owned by GOP fundraiser
IOWA CITY, Iowa - A top Republican fundraiser whose firm works for several prominent immigration hardliners is the partial owner of the land where the Mexican man accused of killing Iowa college stude...
Aug 24, 2018

Prosecutors grant immunity to longtime Trump finance chief
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s finance chief, a confidant who has worked for the family’s real estate business since the early 1970s, was granted immunity in the federal probe of form...
Aug 24, 2018

Ballot petition nixed for 'Law and Order' actress Diane Neal
KINGSTON, N.Y. - It looks like curtains for “Law and Order” actress Diane Neal in her bid for a new role as congresswoman from a sprawling upstate New York district. The state Board of Ele...
Aug 24, 2018
Nebraska official certifies Medicaid expansion ballot item
OMAHA, Neb. - A proposal to expand Medicaid in Nebraska moved closer Friday to getting on the November ballot after the state’s top elections official determined there are enough valid signature...
Aug 24, 2018

Verizon makes changes as lawmakers decry firefighters' woes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Verizon rolled out changes Friday as state lawmakers said they were outraged to learn the telecommunications company had slowed firefighters’ internet service while they bat...
Aug 24, 2018
Robin Leach of 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous' dies
LAS VEGAS - Robin Leach, whose voice crystallized the opulent 1980s on TV’s “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” died Friday. He was 76 Leach’s family said through a public rel...
Aug 24, 2018

Slithering surprise found under hood of SUV in Wisconsin
OMRO, Wis. - A Wisconsin motorist was having car trouble when he pulled over to find a slithering surprise. Chris Nguyen opened the hood of his mother’s SUV. Inside, he found a 4-foot-long ball ...
Aug 24, 2018