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Yellen sounds upbeat note on economy and inflation prospects
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen on Sunday sketched a bright outlook for the U.S. economy and for inflation prospects in coming months, saying the impact of the recent hurricanes will l...
Oct 16, 2017
Improving world economy still needs help from low rates
WASHINGTON - The world economy is the healthiest it’s been in years but could still use a little help from low-interest rates and higher government spending from countries that can afford it, th...
Oct 16, 2017
More than just wine country is burning in California
REDWOOD VALLEY, Calif. - Mendocino County is 70 miles north of California’s fabled wine country of Napa and Sonoma counties, now under siege from wildfires. But it’s a world away in mood, ...
Oct 16, 2017
Afghan police say they foiled major attack in capital
KABUL - Afghan police say they have foiled a major bombing in the capital after arresting a suspect whose truck was loaded with explosives. Mohamed Salem Almas, the head of criminal investigations in ...
Oct 16, 2017
Israel PM blasts police chief over investigation leaks
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has lashed out at Israel’s police chief over leaks to the media concerning investigations into alleged corruption by the premier. Netanyahu wrote on...
Oct 16, 2017
Hundreds attend service for victim of Las Vegas shooting
TEWKSBURY, Mass. - Hundreds of people have gathered to remember a 42-year-old Massachusetts woman who was among the 58 people killed in the mass shooting at a Las Vegas country music festival. The ser...
Oct 16, 2017
Hillary Clinton says Brexit uncertainty affecting children
LONDON - Children are being given “short shrift” in the Brexit process, with some left feeling worried and unsafe, Hillary Clinton said Saturday. The 2016 U.S. presidential candidate spoke...
Oct 16, 2017
276 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia's history
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia’s capital killed 276 people with around 300 others injured, the country’s information minister said early Monday...
Oct 16, 2017
California firefighters say they finally 'turned a corner'
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - With the winds dying down, fire officials said Sunday they have apparently “turned a corner” against the wildfires that have devastated California wine country and oth...
Oct 16, 2017
Vatican court convicts ex-hospital chief in housing scandal
VATICAN CITY - A Vatican court on Saturday convicted the former president of the pope’s children’s hospital of diverting some $500,000 in donations to renovate a cardinal’s flat and ...
Oct 16, 2017