ERBANIA, Italy — Surrounded by relatives and neighbours, Italy's Emma Morano greeted with a smile the news that she, at 116, is now the oldest person in the world.
The world's largest retailer is trimming its free-shipping pilot program to two days from a three, and it's cutting a dollar off the membership price. Membership is now be $49 per year.
A city in Uzbekistan has paid its schoolteachers in chickens rather than cash, it's reported.
Nicola Thorp, 27, had been told in December that her flat shoes were unacceptable in London while on assignment. She was sent home without pay after refusing to change her shoes.
The six climbers reached the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak early Thursday and were heading to lower camps, said Ang Tshering of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.
DENVER — Charges by four female pilots that Frontier Airlines' policies for pregnant women and new mothers are discriminatory could be seen as progress, an advocate says.