World

Officials: Army to put civilian in charge of criminal probes

WASHINGTON - The Army plans to put a civilian in charge of the command that conducts criminal investigations, a response to widespread criticism the unit is understaffed, overwhelmed and filled with i...

May 05, 2021

Caitlyn Jenner doing first sit-down interview of campaign

LOS ANGELES - Caitlyn Jenner's candidacy for California governor is about to go from virtual to reality. The Republican who calls herself a "compassionate disrupter" sits down for her first in-person ...

May 05, 2021

Right-wing think-tank ordered to pay man hurt at rally $2.4M

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A federal judge has ordered a right-wing think-tank led by white nationalist Richard Spencer to pay $2.4 million to an Ohio man severely injured during a white supremacist and neo-Naz...

May 05, 2021

US approves waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is throwing its support behind efforts to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to speed the end of the pandemic. United Stat...

May 05, 2021

Amid US pullout, Taliban issue threat to Afghan journalists

KABUL - The Taliban on Wednesday issued a threat to Afghan journalists they accuse of siding with Afghanistan's intelligence agency in Kabul, a warning that came amid a U.S. troop pullout and rising f...

May 05, 2021

To filmmaker Gibney, opioid crisis is 'Crime of the Century'

NEW YORK - Not unexpectedly given the subject matter, HBO's two-part documentary "The Crime of the Century" opens with a body bag. It contained a man from San Diego - his remains carried away in the p...

May 05, 2021

'Anxious to see you:' JFK letters to Swedish lover auctioned

BOSTON - Love letters that John F. Kennedy wrote to a Swedish paramour a few years after he married Jacqueline Bouvier are going up for auction. "You are wonderful and I miss you," Kennedy scribbled a...

May 05, 2021

Getting up Close with Glenn and Ted Nash, new duo in jazz

NEW YORK - Glenn Close recently made music-related headlines for her playful performance of "Da Butt" at the Academy Awards, but the revered actor has some real music news: she's releasing an album wi...

May 05, 2021

Detroit pizza man paints street, tries to save people dough

DETROIT - A Detroit pizzeria owner upset over people getting $150 tickets for unwittingly parking in a handicap zone got a bucket of blue paint and marked the street himself. "People come to Detroit, ...

May 05, 2021

Meghan wins remainder of copyright claim against UK tabloid

LONDON - Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, on Wednesday won her remaining copyright claim against a British tabloid publisher over the publication of a personal letter she wrote to her estranged father. ...

May 05, 2021