Category Archives: World

Blowin' in the wind: Lost interviews hold new Dylan insights
For nearly half a century, they were blowin' in the wind: lost interviews that contained surprising new insights about celebrated singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Transcripts of the 1971 interviews with t...
Oct 27, 2020

UK judge to rule Nov 2 on Depp's libel suit against tabloid
LONDON - A British judge will rule next week on whether Johnny Depp was libelled by a tabloid newspaper that branded him a wife-beater - an accusation his lawyer called a "reputation-destroying, caree...
Oct 27, 2020

Thousands in Bangladesh protest against French cartoons
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Around 10,000 people in Bangladesh rallied in the South Asian nation's capital on Tuesday to protest France's president and his staunch support of secular laws that deem caricature...
Oct 27, 2020

Judge: US can't replace Trump in columnist's slander suit
NEW YORK - A federal judge on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's request that he be replaced as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in ...
Oct 27, 2020

September orders for big-ticket manufactured goods up 1.9%
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose a better-than-expected 1.9% in September with a key category that tracks business investment showing a solid gain as well. ...
Oct 27, 2020

Entertainers discuss disability representation in Hollywood
It's an old cliche that if an actor wants to win an Oscar, he or she should consider playing a character with a disability. And it's not entirely unfounded advice: 61 actors have been nominated for pl...
Oct 27, 2020

Can I celebrate Halloween during the pandemic?
Can I celebrate Halloween during the pandemic? Yes, but probably not like you normally would. Health experts say some Halloween traditions like crowding on doorsteps for candy and inching your way thr...
Oct 27, 2020

Female football star sues for schools to offer girls' teams
SALT LAKE CITY - Sam Gordon's staggering football skills made her famous at age 9. But they didn't make her fully welcome on the field. As the only girl in a tackle football league in Utah, she heard ...
Oct 26, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and his familiar falsehoods
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says Mexico is paying for the wall (it isn't), health care choice for veterans came from him (it didn't) and his tax cut stands as the biggest in American history (...
Oct 26, 2020

Low expectations in Mexico as US election approaches
MEXICO CITY - A week before U.S. elections, expectations and attention are unusually low in a foreign country that may have more at stake than any other. Many Mexicans would be glad to see a more neig...
Oct 26, 2020