World

'Empire' to get 1 more season on Fox amid schedule shake-up

NEW YORK - "Empire" will return for its final season this fall on Fox - with Jussie Smollett a question mark - and should count itself lucky. Fox, the lowest-rated network among the big four broadcast...

May 15, 2019

US industrial production down 0.5% in April

WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production fell in April, dragged by a big drop in factory output as production of autos and auto parts continued to slide. Industrial output - reflecting total production...

May 15, 2019

US retail sales continue rocky ride, slip 0.2% in April

WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales declined last month as Americans cut back their spending on clothes, appliances, and home and garden supplies. Sales dropped 0.2% in April, the Commerce Department said ...

May 15, 2019

Lamar Odom regrets cheating on ex-wife, Khloé Kardashian

LOS ANGELES - Former NBA star Lamar Odom regrets cheating on his ex-wife, Khlo Kardashian, and lying to her about his addiction to cocaine during their four-year marriage. The 39-year-old tells People...

May 15, 2019

Doris Day, actress who honed wholesome image, dies at 97

Doris Day, the sunny blond actress and singer whose frothy comedic roles opposite the likes of Rock Hudson and Cary Grant made her one of Hollywood's biggest stars in the 1950s and '60s and a symbol o...

May 15, 2019

Their caliphate gone, hidden militants wage nighttime war

BADOUSH, Iraq - It was a chilly January evening, and Khadija Abd and her family had just finished supper at their farm when the two men with guns burst into the room. One wore civilian clothes, the ot...

May 15, 2019

Felicity Huffman pleads guilty in college admissions scheme

BOSTON - "Desperate Housewives" star Felicity Huffman pleaded guilty Monday in the college admissions bribery scheme, the biggest name to do so in a scandal that has exposed the lengths to which some ...

May 15, 2019

Public safety, civil rights groups battle over face ID tech

San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies, reflecting a growing backlash against a technology that's creeping into ...

May 15, 2019

Tankers reported damaged off UAE on major oil trade route

FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates - As many as four oil tankers anchored in the Mideast were damaged in what Gulf officials described Monday as a "sabotage" attack off the coast of the United Arab Emirat...

May 15, 2019

Alabama ban on nearly all abortions in GOP governor's hands

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama legislators have given final approval to a ban on nearly all abortions, and if the Republican governor signs the measure, the state will have the strictest abortion law in t...

May 15, 2019