Category Archives: World

Arkansas high court lifts stays for 2 death row inmates
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas’ Supreme Court on Thursday lifted stays of execution for two condemned killers, saying they were not entitled to special assistance from mental health professionals ...
Mar 01, 2018
Feds: Man sent white powder letters to Trump Jr., 4 others
WORCESTER, Mass. - A Massachusetts man was charged Thursday with sending threatening letters with white powder to five people, including one to Donald Trump Jr. that landed his wife, Vanessa, in the h...
Mar 01, 2018

Wife and daughter of Mike Pence promoting picture book
NEW YORK - The wife and daughter of Vice-President Mike Pence will be touring this month in support of a new children’s book. Karen Pence and daughter Charlotte Pence have collaborated on “...
Mar 01, 2018

US factories expand at strongest rate in almost 14 years
WASHINGTON - American manufacturers said they expanded in February at the fastest pace in nearly 14 years - gains driven in part by a jump in hiring. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group...
Mar 01, 2018

US construction spending flat as commercial building falls
WASHINGTON - Spending on U.S. construction projects was unchanged in January, held back by a sharp fall in commercial real estate building. The Commerce Department said Thursday that spending on the c...
Mar 01, 2018

Equifax finds additional 2.4 million Americans impacted by 2017 breach
NEW YORK - Equifax Inc. said Thursday that an additional 2.4 million Americans were impacted by last year’s data breach, however these newly disclosed consumers had significantly less personal i...
Mar 01, 2018

TV ad aims to pressure Trump on transgender military service
WASHINGTON - Activist groups are turning to television ads, including on President Donald Trump’s go-to network, Fox News, to pressure the White House into allowing transgender people to keep se...
Mar 01, 2018

US consumer spending ticked up in January as incomes soared
WASHINGTON - Americans lifted their spending just 0.2 per cent in January, while their incomes jumped because of last year’s tax cuts. The Commerce Department said Thursday that the modest spend...
Mar 01, 2018

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen charged over IS photos
PARIS - French prosecutors filed preliminary charges Thursday against Marine Le Pen for tweeting brutal images of Islamic State violence. The prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of Nanterre ...
Mar 01, 2018
Police: Boy, 1, dies after being left in hot car near Miami
MIAMI - Police say a 1-year-old boy died after being found inside a car parked at a shopping plaza where witnesses said his mother works at a beauty salon. Miami-Dade police tell news outlets that the...
Mar 01, 2018