Category Archives: World
Firms must pay $32.M for robocalls for religious-themed film
ST. LOUIS - A federal judge in St. Louis on Thursday ordered a Virginia man and his companies to pay $32.4 million in damages for improper robocalls narrated by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee that...
Sep 08, 2017
Trumps donate $1M to 12 organizations for Harvey relief
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are donating a total of $1 million to a dozen organizations involved in Harvey relief work, including the American Red Cross, the Salva...
Sep 08, 2017
Kasich joins Schwarzenegger in political map-making fight
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday joined friend and ex-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s effort to overhaul partisan political map-making that’s helped fuel their own...
Sep 08, 2017
15 states, DC seek court relief over DACA, but will it work?
NEW YORK - Fifteen states and the District of Columbia sued the U.S. government Wednesday to block President Donald Trump’s plan to end protection against deportation for young immigrants, sayin...
Sep 08, 2017
GOP Rep. Charlie Dent announces retirement from House
WASHINGTON - Republican Congressman Charlie Dent of Pennsylvania, leader of an influential caucus of GOP moderates in the House, announced Thursday he will not seek re-election to an eighth House term...
Sep 08, 2017
Death toll 61 in Mexico quake as hurricane hits Gulf coast
MEXICO CITY - One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico struck off the country’s southern coast, toppling hundreds of buildings and sending panicked people fleeing into the st...
Sep 08, 2017
Church lost on 9-11 rises again at World Trade Center
NEW YORK - A Greek Orthodox church taking shape next to the World Trade Center memorial plaza will glow at night like a marble beacon when it opens sometime next year. It also will mark another step i...
Sep 08, 2017
Rachael Ray's Hamptons home on market for $4.9 million
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. - Author and Emmy-winning celebrity cook Rachael Ray has listed her home in the Hamptons for sale for nearly $5 million. Newsday (http://nwsdy.li/2wKvQGX ) reports the 49-year-old Gl...
Sep 08, 2017
NFL player case renews police race bias debate in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS - Police in this tourist-driven city with a history of racially charged incidents were hit again Thursday with questions about bias, profiling and use of force after a black NFL player repor...
Sep 08, 2017
Seahawks' Bennett says he feared death by Las Vegas police
LAS VEGAS - Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett accused Las Vegas police on Wednesday of racially motivated excessive force, saying he was threatened at gunpoint and handcuffed following a ...
Sep 08, 2017