Category Archives: World
R. Kelly due back in court for hearing on sex-abuse case
CHICAGO - R. Kelly is due back in court for a hearing on his sex-abuse case. The R&B singer is required to attend Tuesday morning’s status hearing. It is unclear what issues will be discusse...
May 06, 2019
Myanmar frees Reuters reporters jailed for Secrecy Act crime
YANGON, Myanmar - Two Reuters journalists who were imprisoned for breaking Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act over reporting on security forces’ abuses of Rohingya Muslims were pardoned and re...
May 06, 2019
Zahav, Ashley Christensen win big at James Beard Awards
CHICAGO - The top honours at this year’s James Beard Awards went to North Carolina Chef Ashley Christensen and Philadelphia’s Zahav restaurant. The awards were presented Monday evening in ...
May 06, 2019
Small jet carrying 13 crashed in Mexico; no survivors seen
MEXICO CITY - A private executive jet flying from Las Vegas with three crew members and 10 passengers crashed in northern Mexico over the weekend and there did not appear to be any survivors, authorit...
May 06, 2019
A grim preview of a trade war takes shape
NEW YORK - In what could be a grim preview of what’s to come if the world’s two largest economies square off in a trade war, shares in multinational corporations were hammered Monday on bo...
May 06, 2019
Award is offered - and rescinded - for 'American Pie' singer
PORTLAND, Maine - A lifetime achievement award has been offered - and rescinded - for “American Pie” singer Don McLean. The 73-year-old announced Monday that he’s receiving the Georg...
May 06, 2019
Refusal to turn over Trump tax returns sets up legal battle
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has made it official: The administration won’t be turning President Donald Trump’s tax returns over to the Democratic-controlled House. Mnuch...
May 06, 2019
Ice Cube, others mourn director Singleton at private funeral
LOS ANGELES - Family, friends and dignitaries including Ice Cube, Stevie Wonder and Congresswoman Maxine Waters were among those mourning director John Singleton at his Los Angeles funeral on Monday. ...
May 06, 2019
Celebs try to out-camp each other at wild Met Gala
NEW YORK - Cardi B swept by in a stunning red quilted dress accentuated with a matching sequin headpiece, feathers and a train that took up much of the pink carpet, Jared Leto was accompanied by his o...
May 06, 2019
Bring on the camp: Met Gala exhibit explores camp in fashion
NEW YORK - Louis XIV and Oscar Wilde, meet Bjork and Lady Gaga. What quality do they share, across the centuries? An innate sense of camp - the esthetic that’s being celebrated in the new fashio...
May 06, 2019