Category Archives: World

NTSB: Tesla on Autopilot when it hit California firetruck
DETROIT - A government report says the driver of a Tesla that slammed into a firetruck near Los Angeles last year was using the car's Autopilot system when a vehicle in front of him suddenly changed l...
Sep 05, 2019

New push for racial equality in the marijuana trade
BOSTON - Black entrepreneurs who say people of colour are being shut out of the lucrative marijuana trade are joining forces to close the gap. Real Action for Cannabis Equity, or RACE, launched Thursd...
Sep 05, 2019

Nordstrom opens new store with services but no merchandise
NEW YORK - Nordstrom opened a new store in Manhattan on Thursday - without any merchandise. Instead, the store offers services like tailoring and allows customers to pick up or return items, including...
Sep 05, 2019

Official: Trump to challenge California mileage standard
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is moving forward with a proposal to revoke part of California's authority to set its own automobile gas mileage standards, a government official said Thursday, i...
Sep 05, 2019

Verdicts reached in California warehouse fire that killed 36
OAKLAND, Calif. - A jury has decided the fate of two men charged with involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors say they turned a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse into a cluttered maze that trapped 3...
Sep 05, 2019

US factories shrink for 1st time in 3 years amid trade war
WASHINGTON - The U.S.-China trade war and slower global growth are weighing on the U.S. economy, reducing factory output in August for the first time in three years. A survey by the Institute for Supp...
Sep 05, 2019

Sudan PM names first Cabinet since removal of al-Bashir
CAIRO - Sudan's newly appointed prime minister announced his Cabinet on Thursday, the first since the military's ouster of autocratic former President Omar al-Bashir in April, and appointees include S...
Sep 05, 2019

Fall brings new shows, services and chance of bigger TV tabs
LOS ANGELES - Intrigued by a drama set behind the scenes of a morning TV show, with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon topping the cast? How about a supernatural series with Lin-Manuel Miranda or ...
Sep 05, 2019

Trump again attacks 'Will & Grace' actress Debra Messing
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump is again attacking Debra Messing, calling the liberal activist and "Will & Grace" star a racist and saying she should be fired from the NBC sitcom. Messing apolog...
Sep 05, 2019

Rare, two-headed rattlesnake found in New Jersey forest
PEMBERTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. - It looks like something from a science fiction movie. A newborn two-headed timber rattlesnake has been found in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. Herpetological Associates of Burli...
Sep 05, 2019