Category Archives: World
US charges 61 defendants in call centre scam based in India
WASHINGTON - It can be a frightening call to get - and it’s a familiar one for many Americans. Callers posing as tax and immigration agents are threatening arrest, deportation or other punishmen...
Oct 27, 2016
Amtrak to pay $265M for Philadelphia crash that killed 8
PHILADELPHIA - Amtrak will pay $265 million to settle claims related to a crash last year that killed eight people and injured more than 200 others when a speeding train derailed on a curve at night. ...
Oct 27, 2016
Image of Asia: Wedding dresses at fashion week in Beijing
In this photo by Andy Wong, a model presents a wedding dress designed by Tsai Meiyue during the Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week in Beijing. Tsai’s other creations for weddings included illumina...
Oct 27, 2016
Average US 30-year mortgage rate eases to 3.47 per cent
WASHINGTON - Long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week, moving closer to historically low levels. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday the average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage eased to...
Oct 27, 2016
Arkansas court disqualifies 2nd medical marijuana proposal
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday disqualified a medical marijuana proposal from the ballot less than two weeks before the election and with thousands of votes already cast, b...
Oct 27, 2016
Woman calls lottery tickets a waste of time - until she wins
LEICESTER, N.C. - A North Carolina woman who bought a scratch-off ticket to show her husband that lottery tickets are a waste of money has won $1 million. Glenda Blackwell of Leicester tells WLOS-TV (...
Oct 27, 2016
Sotheby's to auction Rockwell painting on 1944 election
NEW YORK - A painting by Norman Rockwell that depicts the undecided voter sentiment during the 1944 presidential election - much like the 2016 race - will be the highlight of an auction of American ar...
Oct 27, 2016
US goods orders dip in September with investment down
WASHINGTON - Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods dipped slightly in September as a key category that tracks business investment fell by the largest amount in seven months. Orders for durable good...
Oct 27, 2016
Applications for US unemployment benefits fall to 258,000
WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans sought unemployment aid last week, a sign that businesses are holding onto their workers and hiring is likely solid. THE NUMBERS: Weekly applications for unemployment bene...
Oct 27, 2016
Libya's navy says 90 migrants perished after boat fell apart
CAIRO - The Libyan navy said on Thursday that at least 90 migrants are believed to have perished when their rickety boat started to fall apart in the Mediterranean Sea, after leaving the Libyan coast....
Oct 27, 2016