Category Archives: World

SILVER SPRING, Md. - More Americans signed contracts to buy homes in March after two months of declines, pointing to a healthy housing market as summer approaches and the economy continues what shapin...

WASHINGTON - Powered by consumers, the U.S. economy grew at a brisk 6.4% annual rate last quarter - a show of strength fueled by government aid and declining viral cases that could drive further gains...

LOS ANGELES - On the last normal night in Hollywood, there was one couple wearing masks. It was novel enough that I shot a photo of them. I had no idea they would soon be all of us. It was March 9, 20...

WASHINGTON - The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 13,000 last week to 553,000, the lowest level since the pandemic hit last March and another sign the economy is recov...

BERLIN - Germany's top court ruled Thursday that the country's government has to set clear goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions after 2030, arguing that current legislation doesn't go far enoug...

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night that "America is rising anew" as he called for an expansion of federal programs to drive the economy past the pandemic and broadly extend the ...

BEIJING - China on Thursday launched the core module for its first permanent space station that will host astronauts long-term, the latest success for a program that has realized a number of its growi...

FLORENCE, S.C. - Rapper Kodak Black was sentenced to probation Wednesday for assaulting a teenage girl in a South Carolina hotel room. Black was originally charged with rape but accepted a deal and pl...

BERLIN - Four people were found dead at a hospital in the eastern city of Potsdam late Wednesday and a woman was detained, police said. A spokesman for Brandenburg state police said officers were call...

WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats are moving to reinstate regulations designed to limit potent greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields, as part of a broader effort by the Biden administrat...