Category Archives: World
Bollywood actress tear gassed during botched Paris robbery
PARIS - The Paris prosecutor’s office says Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat and partner Cyrille Auxenfans were the targets of a botched robbery attempt involving tear gas in a posh area of the...
Nov 17, 2016
JPMorgan Chase to pay $264 million in Chinese bribery case
NEW YORK - JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $264.4 million in fines to federal authorities to settle charges that it hired friends and relatives of Chinese officials in order to gain access ...
Nov 17, 2016
Florida court upholds conviction in loud music killing case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Florida appeals court is upholding the conviction of a white man who shot a Jacksonville teenager after an argument over loud music. The 1st District Court of Appeal on Thursday ...
Nov 17, 2016
Intel chief: Russia eased hacking after US accused Kremlin
WASHINGTON - Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Thursday that Russia curtailed its election-related cyberactivity after the Obama administration accused Moscow of trying to interfere...
Nov 17, 2016
Hockney landscape fetches record $11.7M in NYC
NEW YORK - A monumental landscape by David Hockney set an auction record for the British artist at Sotheby’s contemporary art sale Thursday evening. “Woldgate Woods, 24, 25, 26 October, 20...
Nov 17, 2016
Appeals court blocks 'Making a Murderer' inmate's release
MADISON, Wis. - A Wisconsin prison inmate whose case was featured in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” will stay behind bars while state attorneys appeal a decision overturning his co...
Nov 17, 2016
Applications for US unemployment aid fall to 43-year low
WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level since 1973 last week, evidence that businesses are confident enough in the economy to hold onto their work...
Nov 17, 2016
'Post-truth' chosen as Oxford Dictionaries word of year
LONDON - Oxford dictionary editors have chosen their word of the year: “post-truth,” a term sometimes used to describe the current political climate. Oxford Dictionaries said Wednesday tha...
Nov 17, 2016
Justice Thomas: Honor Scalia by reining in government
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas called on fellow conservatives Thursday to continue the work of the late Justice Antonin Scalia to keep the power of the courts and other branches of...
Nov 17, 2016
AP source: Trump offers Flynn national security adviser job
NEW YORK - President-elect Donald Trump began building out his national security team Thursday, offering retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn the job of national security adviser. The move came as Trump mad...
Nov 17, 2016