Category Archives: World
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
How AP rates the presidential race and the Road to 270
WASHINGTON - After a week of revelations and allegations about Donald Trump’s behaviour toward women, a third party twist lends an unprecedented level of uncertainty to one conservative strongho...
Oct 17, 2016
WHY IT MATTERS: Clinton, Trump present voters clear choice
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump offer voters distinct choices this fall on issues that shape everyday lives. Actual ideas are in play, as difficult as it can be to see them through the s...
Oct 17, 2016
WHY IT MATTERS: Abortion
NEW YORK - THE ISSUE: Persistent Republican-led efforts to restrict access to abortion and to curb government funding for Planned Parenthood have been hotly debated in Washington and in states, and wi...
Oct 17, 2016