Thursday, July 24, 2014

In the morgue at a small Gaza hospital, the anguished cries of those who lost loved ones in Israeli airstrikes fell silent Thursday when Ahmed Jadallah began attending to the corpses, one by one, on his wooden work table.

Investing in airlines has long been the butt of jokes, especially when many U. S. carriers traipsed through bankruptcy court in the past decade.

The risk of losing your job is getting smaller and smaller.

Spokeswoman Isabelle Rondeau with the Montreal-based company said Thursday that Bombardier plans to reorganize the company into four business segments before Jan. 1. In January, Bombardier announced a workforce reduction of about 1,700 employees and contractors at facilities in the United States and Canada, including 550 in Wichita.

A divided federal appeals court has thrown out claims against produce giant Chiquita Brands International made by thousands of Colombians killed during years of bloody civil war.

The government is reporting an increase in teen U. S. girls getting a controversial cervical cancer vaccine - but it's not much of a bump.

Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $275 million to settle U. S. civil charges that it misled investors about risky mortgage bonds it sold ahead of the 2008 financial crisis.

Dunkin' pushing cashiers to 'upsell' in afternoons

Republicans have cleared legislation for a vote in the House that authorizes the filing of an election-year lawsuit accusing President Barack Obama of failing to implement the 4-year-old health care law.

Linda Close was grateful to learn she qualified for a sizable subsidy to help pay for her health insurance under the new federal law. But in the process of signing up for a plan, Close said her HealthCare.gov account showed several different subsidy amounts, varying as much as $180.

Actor Alec Baldwin is not apologizing over an incident that led to a disorderly conduct arrest in May.

For Eric Clapton, the early 1970s were filled with drug addiction, personal difficulties and growing dissatisfaction with music.

The International Monetary Fund foresees the global economy expanding less than it had previously forecast, slowed by weaker growth in the United States, Russia and developing economies.

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has announced his resignation following turmoil in government.

A U. S. science advisory report says a key lesson from Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident is that the nation's nuclear industry needs to focus more on the highly unlikely but super-serious worst case scenarios.

Average U. S. long-term mortgage rates were stable to slightly higher this week, remaining near their lows for the year.

Lawyers say they are trying to resolve Shia LaBeouf's (SHY'-uh luh-BUFS') disorderly conduct case stemming from an incident at a Broadway show last month.

US new-home sales tumble 8.1 percent in June to annual rate of 406,000.