Category Archives: World

US tariffs on China ruled to be illegal by world trade body
GENEVA - The World Trade Organization said Tuesday that Trump administration tariffs on Chinese goods totalling more than $200 billion are illegal under the rules of the global trade body. The decisio...
Sep 15, 2020

Multi-million settlement reached in Breonna Taylor lawsuit
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The city of Louisville will pay several million dollars to the mother of Breonna Taylor and install police reforms as part of a settlement of a lawsuit from Taylor's family, The Asso...
Sep 15, 2020

US industrial production up modest 0.4% in August
WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production slowed to a modest increase of 0.4% in August, far weaker than the strong bounce back recorded in previous months when factories were coming back to life. The s...
Sep 15, 2020

Legal advocates line up on both sides of Bill Cosby's appeal
PHILADELPHIA - Legal advocates are lining up on both sides of actor Bill Cosby's appeal as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court prepares to review his 2018 sex assault conviction. Cosby was the first celebr...
Sep 15, 2020

John Boyega quits perfume ambassador role over Chinese ad
LONDON - Black actor John Boyega has stepped down from his role as a global ambassador for perfume brand Jo Malone after the company decided to hire a Chinese actor to replace him in an ad he created....
Sep 15, 2020

Navalny posts photo of himself online, says he can breathe
BERLIN - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny posted a picture of himself from his hospital bed in Germany on Tuesday, looking gaunt but alert and saying that he was happy to be breathing on his o...
Sep 15, 2020

Green Party demands Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling on access
MADISON, Wis. - The Green Party's candidates for president and vice-president are demanding that the Wisconsin Supreme Court rule Monday that they be placed on the state's ballot. The state's highest ...
Sep 14, 2020

T.I. settles federal claim he pushed bogus cryptocurrency
ATLANTA - Rapper and actor T.I. has settled civil charges with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that he helped promote a fraudulent cryptocurrency. T.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris,...
Sep 14, 2020

Texas officer charged with assault in fatal 2019 shooting
BAYTOWN, Texas - A Texas police officer has been charged with assault for fatally shooting a woman after a struggle over the officer's stun gun last year, prosecutors announced Monday. A Harris County...
Sep 14, 2020

South Carolina's lieutenant governor contracts COVID-19
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday, but is recovering in isolation with her family at home, officials said. Evette had a sore throat and heada...
Sep 14, 2020