Category Archives: World

Leibovitz photo fronts memoir by business leader Indra Nooyi
NEW YORK (AP) - After decades of photographing rock stars, movie stars and heads of state, Annie Leibovitz has added a business leader to her portfolio: Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi. Leibovitz's sho...
Jun 02, 2021

Iran's largest navy ship catches fire, sinks in Gulf of Oman
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The largest ship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported. The Fars and Tasnim ...
Jun 02, 2021

Democrat Melanie Stansbury wins US House race in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Democrat Melanie Stansbury has won election to Congress for New Mexico to fill a vacant seat previously held by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. Stanbury prevailed Tuesday in a...
Jun 01, 2021

Miami Beach police questioning rapper DaBaby about shooting
MIAMI (AP) - Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby is being questioned by Miami Beach police regarding a shooting that wounded two people, officials said Tuesday. Jonathan Kirk, DaBaby's legal name, was one ...
Jun 01, 2021

Outlets: LA County fire station shooting kills 1 firefighter
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - A shooting at a small Los Angeles County Fire Department station Tuesday killed one firefighter and wounded another, multiple media outlets reported. Sheriff's deputies re...
Jun 01, 2021

Bombs in Afghan capital Kabul kill at least 10, wound 12
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Three bombs rattled the Afghan capital Kabul late Tuesday killing at least 10 people and plunging the city into darkness, an Afghan government spokesman said. Two bombs explo...
Jun 01, 2021

A direction home: Bob Dylan album returned 48 years late
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) - After nearly five decades of blowin' in the wind, a double Bob Dylan album finally has a direction home: A man living in San Francisco has mailed the vinyl back to an O...
Jun 01, 2021

Construction spending posts modest 0.2% gain in April
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. construction spending rose a modest 0.2% in April as strength in housing offset further weakness in nonresidential construction. The April increase followed a much stronger 1% g...
Jun 01, 2021

US manufacturing activity grows for the 12th straight month
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Growth in U.S. manufacturing picked up in May, even as supply chain problems persist and businesses continue to struggle to find workers. The Institute for Supply Management,...
Jun 01, 2021

OPEC ups crude production as economies recover
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries have confirmed their plans to return 2.1 million barrels per day of oil output, balancing fears that continuing COVID-19 ou...
Jun 01, 2021