Category Archives: World
Man with moose nuggets in carry-on says politics stinks
JUNEAU, Alaska - Politics can stink. That was the message delivered by a traveller to airport inspectors in Alaska who found moose nuggets inside his carry-on bag. KTOO Public Media reports the man to...
Apr 30, 2019
Jussie Smollett will not return to 'Empire' for next season
LOS ANGELES - Fox Entertainment says Jussie Smollett will not return to “Empire” in the wake of allegations by Chicago officials the actor lied about a racially motivated attack. The studi...
Apr 30, 2019
Inspector in Kraft case says she saw evidence of trafficking
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A Florida health inspector testified Tuesday that she saw possible evidence of human trafficking at the massage parlour where police say New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft...
Apr 30, 2019
Judge throws out ex-Penn State president's conviction
HARRISBURG, Pa. - A federal judge threw out former Penn State President Graham Spanier’s misdemeanour child-endangerment conviction on Tuesday, less than a day before he was due to turn himself ...
Apr 30, 2019
Student tackled campus gunman, slain while saving lives
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A North Carolina college student tackled a gunman who opened fire in his classroom, saving others’ lives but losing his own in the process, police said Wednesday. Riley Howell,...
Apr 30, 2019
US sales OK'd for cigarette alternative that heats tobacco
WASHINGTON - U.S. health officials on Tuesday said Philip Morris can sell a cigarette alternative that heats tobacco without burning it, opening the door for the company’s effort to shift smoker...
Apr 30, 2019
Alaska marijuana regulators to consider onsite use tweaks
JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska’s first-in-the-nation statewide rules for allowing onsite consumption of marijuana at authorized stores could be tweaked to ease requirements for shops that want to offer...
Apr 30, 2019
US searches of phones, laptops at airports rising, suit says
WASHINGTON - U.S. government searches of travellers’ cellphones and laptops at airports and border crossings nearly quadrupled since 2015 and are being conducted for reasons beyond customs and i...
Apr 30, 2019
'Game of Thrones' actors sent well wishes to hospice patient
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Actors from “Game of Thrones” have sent greetings and well wishes to an 88-year-old hospice patient in Rhode Island. The Providence Journal reports that Claire Walton...
Apr 30, 2019
John Singleton's work resonated to diverse audiences
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Much has been made about how John Singleton brought the issues gripping black youth in South Central Los Angeles to mainstream audiences with his 1991 classic “Boyz N the Hoo...
Apr 30, 2019