Category Archives: World
Ivana Trump promotes Italian weight-loss diet system
NEW YORK - Ivana Trump, the former wife of President Donald Trump who once appeared with him in a commercial for Pizza Hut, wants America to lose some weight. The businesswoman on Wednesday launched a...
Jun 13, 2018
St. Paul raccoon set free after scaling 25-story tower
MINNEAPOLIS - A raccoon that became an internet sensation by scaling a 25-story office tower in downtown St. Paul was safely trapped Wednesday and released back into the wild. The raccoon looked a bit...
Jun 13, 2018
Chilean police raid Catholic Church offices amid abuse probe
SANTIAGO, Chile - Police and prosecutors raided Roman Catholic Church offices in two Chilean cities Wednesday looking for files, investigative reports and documents related to a sex abuse scandal that...
Jun 13, 2018
A year after shooting, GOP lawmakers hold firm on gun rights
WASHINGTON - In the year since House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others were shot at a congressional baseball practice, mass shootings have occurred at a Texas church, a Las Vegas music festival a...
Jun 13, 2018
San Francisco elects first African-American woman as mayor
San Francisco Supervisor London Breed emerged victorious Wednesday to become the city’s first African-American woman mayor after narrowly defeating a rival who was seeking to become the first op...
Jun 13, 2018
Comcast challenges Disney with $65B bid for Fox
NEW YORK - Comcast made a $65 billion bid Wednesday for Fox’s entertainment businesses, setting up a battle with Disney to become the next mega-media company. The bid comes just a day after a fe...
Jun 13, 2018
Fed raises key rate, sees acceleration in future hikes
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate for the second time this year and signalled that it may step up its pace of rate increases because of solid economic growth and ...
Jun 13, 2018
Fed raises key rate and sees possible acceleration in hikes
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve took note of a resilient U.S. economy Wednesday by raising its benchmark interest rate for the second time this year and signalling that it may step up its pace of rat...
Jun 13, 2018
Sisters give birth on same day in Georgia
COLUMBUS, Ga. - Two sisters. Two new babies around the same time - again. Piedmont Columbus Regional said in a statement that sisters Mara Meighan and Jennifer Solis went into labour on the same day l...
Jun 13, 2018
Exhaust-ing ordeal: Woman gets head stuck in tailpipe
WINSTEAD, Minn. - A young woman endured an exhaust-ing ordeal when she got her head stuck in a truck’s oversized tailpipe at a Minnesota music festival. Firefighters used a power saw to free the...
Jun 13, 2018