Category Archives: World
US consumer spending, incomes grew solidly in April
WASHINGTON - Americans increased their spending in April at the fastest pace in four months, bolstered by a solid gain in incomes. The strong results underscored expectations that the economy is poise...
Jun 01, 2017
Key figures in trial of officer who killed Philando Castile
MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota police officer goes on trial this week in the killing of a black motorist that drew additional attention when video of the shooting’s aftermath was streamed live on Fac...
Jun 01, 2017
Prosecution timeline of traffic stop in Castile shooting
Philando Castile was shot to death by a police officer last July barely more than a minute after his car was pulled over in a St. Paul, Minnesota, suburb for an apparent broken taillight. Attorneys fo...
Jun 01, 2017
Protest sparks Texas lawmaker threats of gun violence
AUSTIN, Texas - Hundreds of protesters opposing Texas’ tough new anti-“sanctuary cities” law launched a raucous demonstration from the public gallery in the Texas House on Monday, br...
Jun 01, 2017
Venezuela socialists met shaming, protests on trips abroad
MIAMI - Javier Fungairino was eating breakfast with his son at a bakery one recent morning when he noticed a familiar face at a nearby table: a former minister of Venezuela’s socialist governmen...
Jun 01, 2017
Reliving Communist past helps East German dementia patients
BERLIN - Every weekday morning, white-haired women patiently line up before a door at a Dresden retirement home, step in, and quickly step back nearly six decades into their past in Communist East Ger...
Jun 01, 2017
Zimbabwe tobacco is booming, but farmers growing it are not
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Farmer Simon Kahari recently sold tobacco worth more than $6,000 at an auction in Zimbabwe, a small fortune reflecting the golden leaf’s resurgence in this southern African co...
Jun 01, 2017
Tough-on-crime official eyes other policies on DOJ agenda
WASHINGTON - A zealous prosecutor who was crucial in writing the Justice Department’s new policy encouraging harsher punishments for criminals is now turning his attention to hate crimes, mariju...
Jun 01, 2017
McConnell faces a challenge passing health care in Senate
WASHINGTON - For Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, ...
Jun 01, 2017
Ominous and overlooked: Back-bay flooding plagues millions
OCEAN CITY, N.J. - Marty Mozzo gets a gorgeous show each night when the sun sets over wetlands near his property on the bay side of a barrier island. When he and his wife bought the house in 2008, she...
Jun 01, 2017