Category Archives: World
Officials, parents worry Chicago schools deal won't stick
CHICAGO - Teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district pulled back from a threatened strike after a tentative last-minute contract agreement that Chicago officials acknowledged Tuesday...
Oct 10, 2016
Indians top Ortiz, Red Sox 4-3, complete sweep, reach ALCS
BOSTON - The ball settled into the right fielder’s glove, the Cleveland Indians poured onto the diamond and the Fenway fans fell silent. Then, slowly from the crowd rose a chant of “Pa-pi!...
Oct 10, 2016
Man in wrong-way fatal crash faces domestic assault trial
DUXBURY, Vt. - A man accused of driving the wrong way on an interstate, crashing into a car and killing five high school students, is facing trial on an unrelated domestic assault charge, prosecutors ...
Oct 10, 2016
Winner named at giant pumpkin annual weigh-off in California
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - An annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California has a new winner: a third-grade teacher in Washington state who raised a giant one weighing 1,910 pounds. Cindy Tobeck...
Oct 10, 2016
Brazilian prosecutors bring new charges against ex-president
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian prosecutors said on Monday that they brought new charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, adding yet another accusation to a series of corruption charges ...
Oct 10, 2016
Vice debuts its nightly newscast on HBO
NEW YORK - Vice Media launched a daily newscast Monday designed to appeal to younger viewers with colorful graphics, a light musical soundtrack, no on-camera newsreader and reports on topics ranging f...
Oct 10, 2016
Emails show how private and public Clinton statements clash
WASHINGTON - Behind closed doors, Hillary Clinton adopted a rather more accommodating tone with Wall Street than she has on the campaign trail. In private paid speeches to financial firms and interest...
Oct 10, 2016
Samsung halts sales of Galaxy Note 7 after new troubles
SAN FRANCISCO - Samsung said it is halting sales of the star-crossed Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after a spate of fires involving new devices that were supposed to be safe replacements for recalled model...
Oct 10, 2016
Worried about your Samsung Note 7? Here are your options
NEW YORK - Worries about the safety of Samsung’s replacement Galaxy Note 7 smartphones have consumers fretting about what to do. U.S. regulators ordered a recall of the original Note 7, a huge p...
Oct 10, 2016
Heartfelt letter from Einstein to son goes up for auction
BOSTON - A heartfelt letter physicist Albert Einstein wrote to his son is up for sale through a Boston auction house. The one-page letter was written around 1929 to Eduard Einstein. It could fetch mor...
Oct 10, 2016