Category Archives: CP_World

California bill would require businesses to offer e-receipts
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California would become the first state to require businesses to offer electronic receipts unless customers ask for paper copies under legislation proposed on Tuesday. Many busine...
Jan 08, 2019

2nd man dies at California home of Democratic party donor
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Detectives have opened an investigation into a second death in less than two years at the West Hollywood home of a Democratic donor, the Los Angeles County sheriff’s dep...
Jan 08, 2019
What's in a name? 5G wireless claims, but no real network
NEW YORK - 5G E? 5G Plus? 5G Ultrawideband? Will the real 5G please stand up? AT&T has drawn ridicule by relabeling the network used by some of its phones as “5G E” to signal that the ...
Jan 08, 2019
World Bank cuts forecast for world economic growth in 2019
WASHINGTON - The World Bank is downgrading its outlook for the global economy this year, citing rising trade tension, weakening manufacturing activity and growing financial stress in emerging-market c...
Jan 08, 2019

US government says shutdown shouldn't stop Keystone hearing
HELENA, Mont. - The U.S. government shutdown may prevent Justice Department attorneys from going before a Montana judge next week to ask him to lift his hold on Keystone XL oil pipeline construction. ...
Jan 08, 2019
State lawmakers join forces against offshore drilling
PORTLAND, Maine - A group of nine Democratic state lawmakers from different coastal states announced Tuesday that they are going to use their coming legislative sessions to try to block attempts at of...
Jan 08, 2019

London's Heathrow briefly halts flights due to drone report
London’s Heathrow Airport briefly halted departing flights on Tuesday after a reported drone sighting - a development that came just three weeks after multiple reports of drone sightings caused ...
Jan 08, 2019
Sears gets another reprieve from liquidation
NEW YORK - Sears received another possible lifeline Tuesday when the company’s chairman and largest shareholder promised to line up the necessary financing to keep the struggling department stor...
Jan 08, 2019

House Democrats demand briefing on Russia sanctions decision
WASHINGTON - The leaders of seven House committees are calling on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to explain why the United States is easing sanctions on companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg De...
Jan 08, 2019
Parents of teen killed in Florida Tesla crash sue company
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The parents of a Florida teenager killed when a Telsa sedan crashed and caught fire last year are suing the electric car company alleging that the battery pack on its electric ...
Jan 08, 2019