Category Archives: World
CBS' Colbert to do election night special on Showtime
NEW YORK - CBS News will be in election night coverage mode on Nov. 8, but that won’t stop Stephen Colbert from trying to find something funny about the day’s events. Showtime announced Mo...
Oct 17, 2016
Newspaper publisher abandons essay contest to find new owner
HARDWICK, Vt. - The owner and publisher of a weekly Vermont newspaper has abandoned his plan for an essay contest to find a new owner for it because he failed to get enough entries. Ross Connelly said...
Oct 17, 2016
Caterpillar CEO to retire next year
NEW YORK - Caterpillar said Monday that CEO and Chairman Doug Oberhelman will retire from the company next year and will be replaced as CEO by Jim Umpleby, an executive who has worked at the construct...
Oct 17, 2016
Records: Phone failed to trigger bomb outside police station
DENVER - A man suspected of leaving a backpack bomb outside a police station in a small Colorado mountain town tried several times to remotely detonate the homemade device using a cellphone but failed...
Oct 17, 2016
Elmo's World returning to 'Sesame Street' in January
NEW YORK - Preschoolers can explore an updated version of Elmo’s World when the new season of “Sesame Street” debuts next year. Sesame Workshop says it’s making new episodes of...
Oct 17, 2016
Austria: Hitler's house will be remodeled, not torn down
VIENNA - The building where Adolf Hitler was born may be spared demolition, but emerge heavily disguised. On Monday, Austria’s interior minister, Wolfgang Sobotka, told the daily Die Presse that...
Oct 17, 2016
US factory production rebounded in September
WASHINGTON - U.S. manufacturers boosted output modestly last month, led by greater production of construction supplies, autos and petroleum products. The Federal Reserve says factory production rose 0...
Oct 17, 2016
Posthumous book by Shimon Peres coming next spring
NEW YORK - A book about Israel’s character and the “turning points” in its history that Nobel laureate Shimon Peres completed just weeks before he died will come out next spring. The...
Oct 17, 2016
GOP strategists: Clinton is in good shape with 3 weeks left
DES MOINES, Iowa - With roughly three weeks to Election Day, Republican strategists nationwide publicly concede Hillary Clinton has a firm grip on the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the Whi...
Oct 17, 2016
Charities thinking twice about galas at Trump's Mar-a-Lago
WASHINGTON - A staple of Palm Beach’s high-end philanthropy circuit, the Mar-a-Lago Club boasts rich history, an 800-seat ballroom and ocean views. But some major charities and fundraisers are n...
Oct 17, 2016