Obituaries

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission called for industry views on Friday on a list of U.S. products it will subject to import tariffs if the United States taxes European steel and aluminum.The Commission plans to set duties of 25 percent on a range of U.S. products, from maize to motorbikes, whose annual imports to the European Union are worth some 2.8 billion euros ($3.45 billion).U.S. President Donald ...

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - U.S. industrial production jumped 1.1 percent in February, the largest increase in four months, due to a weather-related rebound in construction and a rise in output from the nation's oil and gas fields and mines.Manufacturing output rose 1.2 percent, the biggest gain since October, the Federal Reserve said.Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.3 percent rise in industrial ...

MIAMI - Rescue workers combed through the rubble of a pedestrian bridge that collapsed onto several lanes of traffic at Florida International University in Miami, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading early on Friday, police said.Six people were confirmed dead after the newly built 950-ton bridge crushed vehicles on one of the busiest roads in South Florida on Thursday. With at least eight vehicles ...

JAKARTA - An Indonesian state Islamic university faced criticism from Muslim groups and activists on Wednesday after it banned female students from wearing full-face veils citing fears over the spread of radical ideology on the campus.Indonesia is home to the world's largest Muslim population, the majority of whom practice a moderate form of Islam.But the country has seen a recent rise in more conservative ...

ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani court ruled on Friday that all citizens must declare their religion when applying for identity documents, a move human rights advocates say is another blow for the country's persecuted minority communities.The ruling will pile further pressure on the Ahmadi community, who are not allowed to call themselves Muslim or use Islamic symbols in their religious practices, a crime punishable ...

ANCHORAGE - The Trump administration is seeking to sell leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as quickly as possible ? drawing fire from opponents of drilling in the sensitive area, who are warning against a rushed process.A top Department of Interior official who traveled to Alaska last week promised an imminent start to the leasing process, saying he wanted to wrap up environmental studies within a ...

The annual meeting of the Pleasant Point Cemetery Association will be held at Pleasant Point Church on Sunday, April 15, at 1:30 p.m.Anyone with family members interred at Pleasant Point Cemetery are encouraged to attend, participate and give their support, through both their presence and financially, as the responsibility for the care of aloved one's final resting place continues to be undertaken.

WEST BURLINGTON ? Great River Health System's educational series for women and men continues Thursday, March 29 at 5:30 p.m.Pharmacist Matt Shivers will discuss how to take medicine properly, commonly prescribed and new medicines, the opioid crisis and medicine shortages.Light snacks will be available. The registration deadline is Monday, March 26. Visit GreatRiverMedical.org/events or call 319-768-3300.

NEW YORK - Florida school superintendents on Wednesday urged state legislators to hold a special session to revise the state's $88.7 billion budget, saying it bolsters school security after a deadly shooting in February but neglects basic education needs.The Florida Association of District School Superintendents sent a letter to Governor Rick Scott, urging him to veto the education component of the fiscal ...

When one-half of a couple embraces good health, there's a higher likelihood that the other half will, too, a recent study suggests.?The concept is called the ripple effect and it means that weight loss interventions delivered to one spouse have unintended, but positive benefits on the other spouse,? said study coauthor Amy Gorin, Associate Professor in Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut in ...