Category Archives: World
USAA says it will reinstate ads on 'Hannity'
NEW YORK - The USAA financial services firm is reinstating its advertising on Sean Hannity’s Fox News Channel program after receiving heavy criticism for its initial decision from many of the mi...
Jun 02, 2017
Lockdown lifted at Texas air base after 'security incident'
SAN ANTONIO - Military officials say the lockdown of a U.S. Air Force base in Texas has been lifted after a preliminary search of a community centre there did not reveal any danger. Authorities at Joi...
Jun 02, 2017
O'Reilly's next book is 'Killing England,' coming Sept. 19
NEW YORK - Bill O’Reilly’s next book, and the first announced since his ouster from Fox News in April, brings his multimillion-selling “Killing” historical series to the Revolu...
Jun 02, 2017
US museum returns ancient Egyptian stele missing since WWII
BERLIN - An ancient artifact lost in the chaos of World War II. An American scientist hunting for Nazi secret weapons. An archaeologist who dug into dusty archives to prove a hunch. What sounds like t...
Jun 02, 2017
Cop who killed Tamir Rice fired for job application omission
CLEVELAND - The police officer who shot and killed Tamir Rice was fired Tuesday for failing to disclose that he had been forced out of another department before Cleveland hired him, while his partner ...
Jun 02, 2017
Ariana Grande to play Manchester charity concert on Sunday
LONDON - Publicists say Ariana Grande will play a charity concert in Manchester on Sunday, joined by big names including Coldplay, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Pharrell Williams. The “One Love ...
Jun 02, 2017
US home prices rising 2 times faster than wages
WASHINGTON - U.S. home prices climbed in March at the strongest rate in nearly three year as a dwindling supply of houses for sale is causing prices to significantly outpace income growth. The Standar...
Jun 02, 2017
Hearing soon on death declaration of toddler who disappeared
PORTLAND, Maine - A judge will convene a hearing on a woman’s request that her toddler daughter be declared dead more than five years after her disappearance set off a frantic search that evolve...
Jun 02, 2017
Amazon's stock tops $1,000 for the first time
NEW YORK - Amazon, the e-commerce giant that has changed how much of the world shops for books, toilet paper and TVs, hit a new milestone. Its stock topped $1,000 for the first time. That price puts A...
Jun 02, 2017
3 Mile Island owner threatens to close ill-fated plant
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Cheap natural gas could do what the worst commercial nuclear power accident in U.S. history could not: put Three Mile Island out of business. Three Mile Island’s owner, Exelon ...
Jun 02, 2017