Category Archives: World

No charges against officers involved in Daniel Prude's death
Police officers shown on body camera video holding Daniel Prude down naked and handcuffed on a city street last winter until he stopped breathing will not face criminal charges, according to a grand j...
Feb 23, 2021

Senate approves Vilsack for Agriculture Department again
WASHINGTON - The Senate voted 92-7 Tuesday to confirm Tom Vilsack as Agriculture secretary, his second run at the Cabinet post. The former Iowa governor spent eight years leading the same department f...
Feb 23, 2021

Tiger Woods suffers leg injuries after California car crash
LOS ANGELES - Golf star Tiger Woods suffered leg injuries Tuesday in a vehicle rollover in the Los Angeles area and is undergoing surgery, authorities and his manager said. His condition isn't yet cle...
Feb 23, 2021

Senate confirms Biden's choice for UN ambassador
WASHINGTON - The Senate has confirmed President Joe Biden's choice to lead U.S. diplomacy at the United Nations on Tuesday. The vote for Linda Thomas-Greenfield reflected a divide between the Biden ad...
Feb 23, 2021

'Hot Boy' rapper Bobby Shmurda released from NY prison
NEW YORK - Bobby Shmurda, a once up-and-coming rapper thanks to a hit music video that popularized the "Shmoney dance," was paroled on Tuesday after spending more than four years behind bars for a dru...
Feb 23, 2021

Fed's Powell: Recovery incomplete, higher inflation unlikely
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell underscored the U.S. economy's ongoing weakness Tuesday in remarks that suggested that the Fed sees no need to alter its ultra-low interest rate polici...
Feb 23, 2021

Consumer confidence rises for second straight month
SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. consumer confidence rose again in February as an accelerating COVID-19 vaccine push provides hope for Americans who have lived through a year of unprecedented restrictions. T...
Feb 23, 2021

Palace: Prince Philip has infection, will stay in hospital
LONDON - Prince Philip is "comfortable" in a London hospital where he is being treated for an infection, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday. The palace said Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizab...
Feb 23, 2021

Syfy's 'Resident Alien' invader gets lift-off with viewers
LOS ANGELES - "Resident Alien," a new Syfy series that caught the attention of veteran TV critic Rob Owen and approving viewers, is evidence that inventive shows exist outside premium cable and stream...
Feb 23, 2021

Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny co-writing mystery novel
NEW YORK - One of the world's better known fans of mystery novels, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is now writing one. Clinton is teaming up with her friend, the novelist Louise Penny, on "State of Terror," w...
Feb 23, 2021