Category Archives: World

BEIJING - Chinese state media say at least 22 people have been killed and others are trapped in a collapse at a construction site. More to come. The Canadian Press

WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday he is considering a subpoena or another method of compelling testimony from the pharmaceutical company Mylan, the Justice Dep...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama got the holiday mood started at the White House on Wednesday with the traditional pardoning of the national Thanksgiving turkey, this time with his nephews standing...

WASHINGTON - Wilbur Ross, the billionaire investor considered the “king of bankruptcy” for buying beaten-down companies with the potential to deliver profits, is President-elect Donald Tru...

NEW YORK - Filmmaker Spike Lee and his companies are being sued by the directors of three union benefit plans who contend he didn’t make sufficient health and pension contributions. The lawsuit ...

LAS VEGAS - Businesses around the country on Wednesday cheered a court decision blocking the Obama administration’s sweeping new overtime rules, but many had already raised salaries or ordered m...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s presidential victory has dimmed hopes for reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and analysts say Israel may be given carte blanche from his administration. ...

LOS ANGELES - Paul Sylbert, a talented production designer who won an Oscar for his work on “Heaven Can Wait,” died Saturday at age 88 outside of Philadelphia, producer Hawk Koch said Wedn...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - A school bus driver had no drugs or alcohol in his system when he careened off a road and smashed into a tree, killing six elementary schoolchildren, police said Wednesday. Chatta...

SALT LAKE CITY - Officials settled a deadlocked race for a spot on a city council in suburban Salt Lake City by drawing names from a pilgrim hat and flipping a coin - a decision-by-chance that Utah an...