Author Archives: News
Museum in Michigan brings Model T driving to the masses
HICKORY CORNERS, Mich. - A different kind of driving lesson - in a vehicle with a top speed of 40 mph (65 kph) that hasn’t been produced in nearly a century - is gaining traction in western Mich...
Sep 29, 2017

'Veep' star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has breast cancer
LOS ANGELES - Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The star of “Veep” and “Seinfeld” posted word of her illness Thursday on social media. A spoke...
Sep 29, 2017

O'Reilly book sales strong, but down from 2016
NEW YORK - First week sales for Bill O’Reilly’s latest book were enviable for virtually any author who isn’t Bill O’Reilly. “Killing England,” the latest in O’...
Sep 29, 2017
Richard Pyle, accomplished AP reporter for 50 years, dies
NEW YORK - Journalist Richard Pyle, whose long and accomplished Associated Press career spanned the globe and a half-century of crisis, war, catastrophe and indelible moments in news reporting, died a...
Sep 29, 2017

At high court and others, Trump reverses legal course
WASHINGTON - Backing employers over employees. Backing the state of Ohio over groups involved in voter registration. Backing a narrow reading of a sexual discrimination law over a broad one. Those are...
Sep 29, 2017

Beyonce sings 'Mi Gente' remix in Spanish for relief efforts
NEW YORK - Beyonce has released a surprise single on which she sings in Spanish, English and French to raise relief money for those affected by hurricanes in the Caribbean and earthquakes in Mexico. B...
Sep 29, 2017
In Mexico, survivors recount amazing escapes from quake
MEXICO CITY - A tree branch saved a maintenance mechanic from the collapsing building where a dozen co-workers died when last week’s earthquake rocked central Mexico. A slap across the face star...
Sep 29, 2017

Stanley Tucci to read audio for Paolo Coelho-inspired story
NEW YORK - Oscar-nominated actor Stanley Tucci is leading an audio production inspired in part by Paulo Coelho’s “The Alchemist.” The audio producer and seller Audible Inc. told The ...
Sep 29, 2017
Trump's health secretary resigns in travel flap
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s health secretary resigned Friday, after his costly travel triggered investigations that overshadowed the administration’s agenda and angered his boss....
Sep 29, 2017

IS reclusive leader rallies followers in purported new audio
CAIRO - The leader of the Islamic State group urged followers to burn their enemies everywhere and target “media centres of the infidels,” according to an audio recording released Thursday...
Sep 29, 2017