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WASHINGTON - Construction of new homes fell 4.7 per cent in September, the biggest decline in six months, reflecting weakness in both single-family activity and apartment building. The September resul...
News Oct 18, 2017
NEW YORK - The state of book criticism is getting a mixed review on gender parity. A new survey of top literary publications finds that the ratio of women to men ranges from roughly equal in The New Y...
News Oct 18, 2017
MULTAN, Pakistan - Pakistani police say they have arrested a Muslim cleric for alleged involvement in the 2016 murder of social media model Qandeel Baloch. She was found strangled in her home in the c...
News Oct 18, 2017
BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged a reinvigorated Communist Party to take a stronger role in society and economic development to better address the nation’s “grim&#...
News Oct 18, 2017
NASHVILLE - Contemporary Christian band MercyMe took home awards for artist of the year and pop/contemporary album of the year and the band’s frontman, Bart Millard, was named songwriter of the ...
News Oct 18, 2017
LISBON, Portugal - The Portuguese minister in charge of emergency services resigned Wednesday after 106 people were killed in unprecedented wildfires this year in the Iberian nation. The European Unio...
News Oct 18, 2017
NAPA, Calif. - The Latest on California wildfires (all times local): 5:30 p.m. Schools in Napa County will remain closed until Monday, officials said. The Napa Valley Unified School District had plann...
News Oct 18, 2017
BALTIMORE - A “fatberg” that may have taken beyond half a century to grow below Baltimore has been removed. News outlets report the city’s Public Works department used a camera, pres...
News Oct 18, 2017
CHICAGO - The Los Angeles Dodgers have a tough lineup, a talented pitching staff and a manager making all the right moves. Yup, it’s beginning to look a lot like 1988. Yu Darvish pitched sparkli...
News Oct 18, 2017
MOSCOW - A court in Russia’s capital ruled Tuesday to extend the house arrest of a widely revered theatre and film director. Kirill Serebrennikov was detained and put under house arrest in Augus...
News Oct 17, 2017