16+ hour, 28+ min ago   (223+ words) Sept 13 (Reuters) – Leaders of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts say it is on the brink ​of bankruptcy and could close as early ‌as Tuesday, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The leaders, installed by U.S....

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (298+ words) NANTERRE, France, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Celine Dion made an emotional return to the stage after a six-year absence on Saturday, overcoming high-profile health woes to thrill fans in the ​first of a series of concerts in Paris. The star announced in…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (256+ words) (Corrects grammar and use of partial quote in paragraph 2) SYDNEY, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Optus, Australia’s No. 2 telecom carrier, on Saturday apologised ​a day after an outage on its ‌network impacted users across three states and disrupted some emergency services calls. The…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (525+ words) Sept 10 (Reuters) – When hijacked planes brought down the World Trade Center’s twin towers on September 11, 2001, roughly 25,000 children were living or attending school nearby in lower Manhattan, and thousands more were in surrounding neighborhoods. Some were infants and toddlers, while others…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (229+ words) MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO/CBS MINNESOTA) – A father is set to go on trial in the death of his 16-year-old son, Jordan “Manny” Collins Jr., on Thursday in Anoka County. Jordan Dupree Collins Sr. is charged with one count of second-degree murder....

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (300+ words) Sept 9 (Reuters) – Marriott International’s Middle East hotel revenue declines narrowed significantly in July despite ongoing regional conflicts that continue to cause development project delays, chief ​executive Anthony Capuano said on Wednesday. Steady leisure and summer ‌travel demand have helped travel…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (61+ words) Republican lawmakers criticize Ford business ties to China The Mighty 790 KFGO Republican lawmakers criticize Ford business ties to China WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Republicans in Congress on Wednesday ​joined criticism of Ford Motor over its business ties to Chinese firms after…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (440+ words) BRASILIA, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Brazil plans to use a high-level visit to China next week to assess whether Beijing could become a buyer of Brazilian carbon credits and advance talks toward a bilateral carbon market accord that ​officials hope to announce…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (188+ words) kfgo.com Illegal horse traffic raises new concerns over screwworm defenses Illegal movement of horses across the U.S.-Mexico border is raising concerns about a potential gap in efforts to prevent New World screwworm from reaching American livestock. A Reuters investigation…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (550+ words) DARWIN, Australia, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The developers of Australia’s Beetaloo Basin are bringing in U.S. equipment, money, expertise and – they hope – U.S.-style scale and efficiencies to reduce costs and make the country’s first shale gas project economically viable....