Category Archives: World

China's yuan falls below sensitive level of 7 to US dollar
BEIJING - China's central bank allowed its yuan to fall below the politically sensitive level of seven to the U.S. dollar on Monday, possibly adding to trade tension with Washington. The currency weak...
Aug 04, 2019

3 family members killed in California sea cliff collapse
ENCINITAS, Calif. - Three women killed when a Southern California sea cliff collapsed were members of a family gathered on a beach to celebrate one of them having survived breast cancer, authorities a...
Aug 04, 2019

Classmates: Ohio shooter kept a 'hit list' and a 'rape list'
DAYTON, Ohio - High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended for compiling a "hit list" of those he wanted to kill and a "rape list" of...
Aug 04, 2019

Man reunites with $23K found in recycling sorting facility
EUREKA, Calif. - A man who accidentally tossed $23,000 into the recycling bin reunited with his life savings Saturday after a worker at a recycling facility in Northern California spotted a shoebox st...
Aug 04, 2019

Original 'Nancy Drew' passes torch to TV's newest version
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Pamela Sue Martin, TV's original Nancy Drew, has passed the torch to the actress playing the latest incarnation of the teenage sleuth. Martin will appear on The CW's remake tha...
Aug 04, 2019

States sue Trump administration over fuel economy penalties
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A coalition of states sued the Trump administration Friday for the second time to block a planned reduction in the penalties automakers pay when they fail to meet fuel economy sta...
Aug 04, 2019

Aide: Sen Mitch McConnell trips, breaks shoulder in Kentucky
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is recuperating at home in Kentucky after suffering a shoulder fracture in a fall Sunday, a spokesman said. McConnell tripped Sunday morni...
Aug 04, 2019

How Trump's latest China tariffs could squeeze US consumers
WASHINGTON - The latest tariffs President Donald Trump plans to impose on Chinese goods would cost U.S. households an average of $200 a year, some economists estimate, and would start to bite consumer...
Aug 04, 2019

NYPD judge recommends firing officer in Eric Garner death
NEW YORK - In a reckoning five years in the making, an administrative judge on Friday recommended firing a New York City police officer over the 2014 chokehold death of an unarmed black man whose dyin...
Aug 04, 2019

Trump pick for national intelligence director is withdrawing
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's pick for national intelligence director, Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe, withdrew from consideration Friday after just five days as he faced growing questions about hi...
Aug 04, 2019