Category Archives: World
Maine's Katahdin Woods and Waters now a 'dark-sky' sanctuary
PATTEN, Maine - Maine's Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument is now a "dark sky" sanctuary, the National Park Service announced Friday. The designation by the International Dark-Sky Association...
May 08, 2020
Texas salon owner jailed for defying governor's order freed
DALLAS - A Texas salon owner who was jailed for defying Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's public health orders walked out free to cheering supporters on Thursday, shortly after the governor weakened his m...
May 07, 2020
'Let's Make a Deal' asks frontline staff to join its special
NEW YORK - Wayne Brady and the folks at "Let's Make a Deal" want to honour those fighting the coronavirus - and they don't have to wear their capes if they don't want to. The CBS daytime game show tha...
May 07, 2020
Butler's prescient sci-fi resonates years after her death
NEW YORK - Novelist N.K. Jemisin was a teenager the first time she read Octavia Butler, and nothing had prepared her for it. It was the 1980s, and the book was called "Dawn," the story of a black woma...
May 07, 2020
US consumer borrowing fell for first time since 2011
WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer borrowing fell in March for the first time in more than eight years, with the category covering credit cards dropping by the largest amount in over three decades, the Federa...
May 07, 2020
La Scala opens virtual tour during coronavirus lockdown
Milan's famed La Scala opera house on Thursday unveiled a virtual journey through its ornate premises and rich archives via Google Arts & Culture, with serendipitous timing as theatres throughout ...
May 07, 2020
AP Exclusive: Justice Dept dropping Flynn's criminal case
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that bec...
May 07, 2020
Nintendo marks profit jump as people stay home amid pandemic
TOKYO - Japanese video-game maker Nintendo Co. scored a 33% jump in annual profit, as people stuck at home turn to playing games. Kyoto-based Nintendo, which did not break down quarterly numbers, said...
May 07, 2020
California doom: Staggering $54 billion budget deficit looms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will have a budget shortfall of $54.3 billion because of the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration announced Thursday, a s...
May 07, 2020
Unanimous Supreme Court throws out 'Bridgegate' convictions
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has thrown out the convictions of two people involved in New Jersey's "Bridgegate" scandal. The court said in a unanimous decision Thursday that the government had overr...
May 07, 2020