Category Archives: World
Allegation clouds Bobby Brown's plan for violence shelter
ATLANTA - Singer Bobby Brown plans to build a shelter for domestic violence victims in honour of his late daughter while declining to directly address old allegations that he once hit his ex-wife Whit...
Jul 30, 2018
50 years on, McDonald's and fast-food evolve around Big Mac
NEW YORK - McDonald’s is fighting to hold onto customers as the Big Mac turns 50, but it isn’t changing the makings of its most famous burger. The company is celebrating the 1968 national ...
Jul 30, 2018
US pending home sales rose 0.9 per cent in June
WASHINGTON - More Americans signed contracts to purchase homes in June compared to May, but the volume of pending sales has slipped over the past year. The National Association of Realtors said Monday...
Jul 30, 2018
Bucknell drops references to Moonves in wake of allegations
LEWISBUG, Pa. - Bucknell University has removed references on its website to alumnus and CBS chief executive Les Moonves amid sexual harassment allegations against him. The New Yorker magazine publish...
Jul 30, 2018
Man charged with newsroom killings pleads not guilty
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A man charged with killing five people in The Capital newsroom in Maryland pleaded not guilty Monday in court papers, and his attorneys contended any identification of their client at...
Jul 30, 2018
Greece: Divers recover body offshore of where wildfire raged
RAFINA, Greece - Coast guard divers recovered a body Monday near an area of Greece ravaged by a deadly wildfire a week ago the search for more victims focused on the coastline where hundreds of people...
Jul 30, 2018
A community that backed Trump says no to migrant detention
GOSHEN, Ind. - The sermon had been preached, the last prayers offered. Now, Mike Yoder decided, the time had come to share unsettling news. As congregants at Silverwood Mennonite Church chatted around...
Jul 30, 2018
Northern California wildfire 9th most destructive in history
LAKEPORT, Calif. - A pair of wildfires that prompted evacuation orders for nearly 20,000 people barrelled Monday toward small lake towns in Northern California, and authorities faced questions about h...
Jul 30, 2018
What does Mueller have? Manafort trial offers glimpse
WASHINGTON - The trial of President Donald Trump’s onetime campaign chairman will open this week with tales of lavish spending, secret shell companies and millions of dollars of Ukrainian money ...
Jul 30, 2018
Harvey's devastating flooding boosts insurance in Texas
KATY, Texas - Little more than two months before Hurricane Harvey slammed the Gulf Coast of Texas, Alberto Castaeda let his home’s flood insurance lapse. He had never filed a claim on the policy...
Jul 30, 2018