Category Archives: World

DOJ seeks data about COVID nursing home deaths from 4 states
The Justice Department is seeking data about "orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents," sending letters Wednesday to the governors of New York, New ...
Aug 26, 2020

Suspect arrested after 2 are killed at Kenosha protest
KENOSHA, Wis. - Illinois police arrested a juvenile Wednesday after two people were shot to death in a possible vigilante attack during a protest in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Ja...
Aug 26, 2020

Laura gains power, could come ashore as Category 4 hurricane
GALVESTON, Texas - Laura rapidly gained strength Wednesday, growing into a menacing Category 4 hurricane with the potential for a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters said would be "unsurvivable" and ...
Aug 26, 2020

Kanye West qualifies for Tennessee presidential ballot
NASHVILLE - Rapper and producer Kanye West will be on Tennessee's presidential ballot in November, the state election's office confirmed. The secretary of state's office announced this week that West ...
Aug 26, 2020

UN watchdog: Iran to allow access to 2 suspected nuke sites
BERLIN - The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency says Tehran has agreed to allow inspectors in to two sites where Iran is suspected of having stored or used undeclared nuclear material. The International Ato...
Aug 26, 2020

Biden campaign 'flooding the zone' with celebrity backers
WILMINGTON, Del. - Poised over the piano, Carole King was set to play "I Feel the Earth Move" during a recent virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden when the Democratic presidential nominee himself beat her...
Aug 26, 2020

Orders for big-ticket US manufactured goods jumped 11.2%
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods jumped 11.2% in July, the third consecutive monthly gain. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that the July advance follo...
Aug 26, 2020

Pompeo has closed-door meetings with Bahrain, UAE leaders
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held closed-door meetings Wednesday with Bahrain's royal family and top officials in the United Arab Emirates amid the Trump administr...
Aug 26, 2020

'Fighting for you': First lady makes her case for Trump vote
WASHINGTON - First lady Melania Trump portrayed her husband as an authentic, uncompromising leader in a Rose Garden address as President Donald Trump turned to family, farmers and the trappings of the...
Aug 26, 2020

2nd arrest in slaying of Kentucky girl playing in dollhouse
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A second arrest has been made in the fatal shootings of a 3-year-old Kentucky girl and her father. Kevon Lawless, 23, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals and Louisville Metro Pol...
Aug 26, 2020