Category Archives: World
Maryland school shooting victim has died
A teenage girl who was shot when a classmate opened fire inside their Maryland high school has died, authorities said Friday. The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office said Jaelynn Willey die...
Mar 23, 2018
Stocks tumble on trade fears; S&P has worst week in 2 years
NEW YORK - Stocks around the world plunged Friday as investors feared that a trade conflict between the U.S. and China, the biggest economies in the world, would escalate. A second day of big losses p...
Mar 23, 2018
US charges 9 Iranians in massive hacking scheme
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration announced criminal charges and sanctions Friday against Iranians accused in a hacking scheme to pilfer sensitive information from hundreds of universities, privat...
Mar 23, 2018
US new-home sales dipped in February, but demand is solid
WASHINGTON - Sales of new U.S. homes slipped 0.6 per cent in February, a third straight monthly decline. But year to date, sales are up 2.2 per cent compared with 2017 in a sign that buyer demand rema...
Mar 23, 2018
US durable goods orders rise at fastest pace since June
WASHINGTON - Led by a surge in demand for commercial aircraft, U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in February, reversing a drop in January, to rise at the fastest pace since Jun...
Mar 23, 2018
Rep: Lorna Luft has successful brain surgery for tumour
LOS ANGELES - A representative for Lorna Luft says the singer has had successful brain surgery after being diagnosed with a tumour. Victoria Varela told The Associated Press on Thursday that Luft had ...
Mar 23, 2018
Chris Evans may not return as Captain America
NEW YORK - The actor who plays Captain America may be ready to hang up his shield. Chris Evans tells The New York Times he has no plans to return to the Marvel movie franchise after reshoots of the fo...
Mar 23, 2018
Trump's plan to remove McMaster wasn't true - until it was
WASHINGTON - It wasn’t true, it wasn’t true - until it was. Thursday’s announcement that National Security Adviser H.R McMaster will be the latest top aide to leave the White House s...
Mar 23, 2018
AP News Guide: Facebook's widening crisis over user data
NEW YORK - Facebook is facing the most serious crisis in its 14-year history as it deals with fallout from a major leak of user data to political consultants associated with the 2016 Trump campaign. H...
Mar 23, 2018
Mississippi city denies church proposed by "Father Jesus"
GULFPORT, Miss. - Even Father Jesus isn’t above the law of man. A Mississippi city has denied a proposal for a church by a man named Father Jesus, saying he failed to have a professional enginee...
Mar 23, 2018