Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - The federal government recorded a deficit of $107.1 billion in August, slightly lower than the July deficit. But the imbalance through 11 months of this budget year is up sharply from a y...

NEW YORK - A Muslim woman wearing traditional clothing has told police that a man lit her blouse on fire in New York City. Police say the 35-year-old tourist told them she felt heat on her arm Saturda...

MOSCOW - Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday announced a unilateral cease-fire starting at midnight Wednesday, which could be a major step in solving the conflict that has raged for more ...

JERUSALEM - Former Israeli President Shimon Peres’ condition was showing slight improvements after he suffered a major stroke, with his physicians saying Wednesday that he had regained conscious...

WASHINGTON - Facing the toughest stretch of her campaign, Hillary Clinton is trying to deflect attention back onto her rival Donald Trump, with a new push to highlight complaints surrounding his now-d...

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence refused on Tuesday to say whether he thinks white supremacist David Duke is deplorable, repeating that he’s “not in the name-calli...

WASHINGTON - Dennis Lockhart, the president of the Federal Reserve’s Atlanta regional bank, announced Tuesday that he plans to step down in February of next year. Lockhart is leaving after a dec...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to restore a week of early voting in swing-state Ohio, a decision denounced by Democrats but praised by the state’s Republican election...

NEW YORK - Wells Fargo announced plans Tuesday to cut its aggressive product sales goals for retail bankers, nearly a week after state and federal regulators fined the bank $185 million for allegedly ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The uncle of a 9-year-old boy fatally beaten over a missing piece of birthday cake pleaded guilty to first-degree child abuse Tuesday, acknowledging he handcuffed the child to a chai...