Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - The eight biggest U.S. banks will be required to build new cushions against losses that would shift the burden to investors. The action by the Federal Reserve was the latest bid by regula...

WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates climbed for the seventh straight week following Donald Trump’s election victory, again marking new highs for the year. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Rapper Pitbull released his $1 million contract with Florida’s tourism marketing agency via Twitter Thursday, two days after the House speaker sued to find out details of the...

Prosecutors charged a Milwaukee police officer Thursday with killing a black man in August, alleging the man had thrown his gun away and was unarmed when the officer fired the fatal shot. Dominique He...

NEW YORK - The head of the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates broadcasters, phone and cable companies, says he will step down in January as President-elect Donald Trump takes office. T...

NASHVILLE - Dolly Parton says a star-studded telethon for those affected by recent wildfires in her native Tennessee has brought in about $9 million. Parton headlined the Tuesday night event that was ...

EASTON, Pa. - A couple who live next to a Pennsylvania golf course says errant balls are still hitting their property despite a previous court order. The (Allentown) Morning Call (http://bit.ly/2gEvAz...

GAUHATI, India - Heavily armed rebels on Thursday killed four Indian police officers in an ambush on a highway they were guarding hours before the visit of the top elected official of an insurgency-wr...

BILLINGS, Mont. - President Barack Obama’s administration will leave behind a host of disputed recent actions and unfinished business on the environment - from shelved energy leases and blocked ...

WASHINGTON - In an unexpected reversal, President Barack Obama declined to sign a renewal of sanctions against Iran but let it become law anyway, in an apparent bid to alleviate Tehran’s concern...