LONDON (AP) — There is still time to save lives — that’s why governments and aid agencies Sunday rushed doctors, volunteers and equipment to Nepal without waiting for the dust to settle. U.N. spokeswoman Orla Fagan, who is heading to Nepal, said preventing the spread of disease is one of the most important tasks … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN is suing Verizon in an escalating clash over how the popular sports channel is being sold in a discounted pay-TV package. The complaint filed Monday in New York’s state Supreme Court alleges Verizon is breaching its contract with ESPN, owned by Walt Disney Co., by unbundling the sports channel … Continue reading
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — Opening statements are set Monday in the long-awaited trial of Colorado theater shooter James Holmes. Here’s a look at top elements in the case: ___ THE CRIME: About 420 people were watching a midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” on July 20, 2012, in the Denver suburb of Aurora … Continue reading
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece reshuffled its bailout negotiating team on Monday following fierce criticism of its finance minister, meeting with market applause as investors hoped it will facilitate a deal to save the country from bankruptcy. A Greek official insisted Yanis Varoufakis, who has come under fire from his European peers for dragging … Continue reading
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen’s patriarch has left the building. Does this mean change is coming to the world’s No. 2 automaker — in particular, to its high-cost ways of doing business? Ferdinand Piech shaped the company’s destiny for more than 25 years. He rescued Volkswagen’s fortunes as CEO from 1993 to 2002. He … Continue reading
10:30 a.m. (MDT) Opening statements in the Colorado shooting trial will be given by District Attorney George Brauchler for the prosecution, and public defenders Daniel King and Katherine Spengler for the defense. Brauchler said at the morning briefing that he’ll show graphic images during his presentation. He didn’t elaborate. The trial is taking place … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat on a key House committee said Friday that the broadest bipartisan trade bill in years — and President Barack Obama’s effort to sell it to his congressional allies — is in trouble unless it is rewritten to accommodate concerns over American jobs and the environment. “I’m out to … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are falling broadly in midday trading on Friday following steep declines in Europe. Investors are worrying that Greece may default on its debt. Several big U.S. companies including American Express fell after reporting disappointing results. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average slumped 242 points, or 1.3 percent, to … Continue reading
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has charged Google with abusing its dominance in Internet searches and opened a probe into its Android mobile system, massively raising the stakes in its five-year antitrust battle with the tech giant. Wednesday’s move could lead to billions in fines for Google if the case shows that the … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Students from the troubled Corinthian Colleges are getting support from state attorneys general and U.S. senators in their quest to have their federal student loans forgiven. The question is what comes next. Discharging the debt of all former Corinthian students could cost the federal government billions. And any action to help … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market edged higher Monday as investors looked ahead to a busy week for corporate earnings. Markets in Asia surged after a run of weak economic reports out of China lifted hopes for stimulus in the world’s second-largest economy. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 22 points, … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Today’s traveler faces a bewildering choice of hotel brands with similar-sounding and confusing names. Want to stay at a Hyatt? Take your pick. There’s Hyatt Regency, Park Hyatt, Grand Hyatt, Hyatt House, Hyatt Place and, coming soon, Hyatt Centric. Vacationers once relied on big-name hotel brands to signal the kind of … Continue reading
BENJINA, Indonesia (AP) — Officials from three countries are traveling to remote islands in eastern Indonesia to investigate how thousands of foreign fishermen were abused and forced into catching seafood that could end up in the United States, Europe and elsewhere. A week after The Associated Press published a story about slavery in the seafood … Continue reading
HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah (AP) — President Barack Obama is making his first presidential visit to Utah, leaving him one state short of touching down in all 50 while in office. South Dakota is the only state he hasn’t been to. Obama arrived at Hill Air Force Base near Ogden, Utah, on Thursday to … Continue reading
ARTESIA, Calif. (AP) — The Rev. Robert H. Schuller didn’t wait for the faithful to flock to his upstart church in Southern California — he took his message to them. As the car culture flourished in post-World War II California, the brash Iowa-born pastor began preaching from the roof of a concession stand at a … Continue reading
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