Category Archives: World

US industrial output rose a modest 0.7% amid shortages
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. industrial production increased for a second straight month in April as more factories came online after being shutdown by winter ice storms. Industrial production - which inclu...
May 14, 2021

Marc Maron says Ambies honor long overdue for 'WTF' podcast
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Marc Maron blazed the podcast industry trail attracting millions of listeners with his candid interviews of prominent figures such as Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy and President Bara...
May 14, 2021

House GOP elects Trump defender Elise Stefanik to No. 3 post
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans vaulted Rep. Elise Stefanik into the ranks of House leadership Friday, electing an ardent Donald Trump defender in hopes of calming their searing civil war over the depos...
May 14, 2021

Irish health system says it's targeted in ransomware attack
LONDON (AP) - Ireland's health service shut down its IT systems on Friday after being targeted in what it called a "significant ransomware attack." The Health Service Executive said the move was a pre...
May 14, 2021

Afghan police say Kabul mosque bombing kills 12 worshippers
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb ripped through a mosque in northern Kabul during Friday prayers, killing 12 worshippers, and wounding 15, Afghan police said. No one immediately claimed responsibility...
May 14, 2021

Prince Harry thought about quitting royal life in his 20s
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prince Harry compared his royal experience to being on "The Truman Show" and "living in a zoo." The Duke of Sussex said during a Thursday episode of the "Armchair Expert" podcast th...
May 13, 2021

Police: 9 wounded, 3 critically, in Providence, Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Nine people were wounded in a shooting Thursday evening in Rhode Island's capital in what police there believe to be the largest shooting in city history. Of the nine, three we...
May 13, 2021

Locked out stagehands protest outside Metropolitan Opera
NEW YORK (AP) - Locked out Metropolitan Opera stagehands protested the use of nonunion shops to construct sets for the company's upcoming season, attracting a crowd of roughly 1,000 people outside Lin...
May 13, 2021

Harvey Mason jr. becomes official CEO of Recording Academy
NEW YORK (AP) - Harvey Mason jr., can drop the interim from his title: He's now the official president and CEO of The Recording Academy. The academy, which produces the Grammy Awards annually, made th...
May 13, 2021

Philly health official forced to resign over MOVE cremations
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Philadelphia's top health official was compelled to resign Thursday after the city's mayor said he learned human remains from the 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organi...
May 13, 2021