Category Archives: World
Giuliani offers new explanation of why Trump fired Comey
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s explanation for why he fired FBI Director James Comey has shifted again. Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s new attorney, said in an interview on Fox News that Tr...
May 04, 2018
Meghan Markle's parents to visit queen, have wedding roles
LONDON - Meghan Markle’s divorced parents will meet with Queen Elizabeth II and other royals before her May 19 wedding to Prince Harry and will have special roles in their daughter’s weddi...
May 04, 2018
2nd-longest US expansion on record keeps churning out jobs
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy has delivered steady if only modest gains for most Americans since the Great Recession ended in 2009. It’s been a frustration for many. Yet the very sluggishness of...
May 04, 2018
Cheryl Burke celebrates birthday with engagement
LOS ANGELES - “Dancing with the Stars” coach Cheryl Burke celebrated her birthday with an engagement. The 34-year-old announced on Instagram on Thursday that 38-year-old actor Matthew Lawr...
May 04, 2018
Polanski's film academy expulsion, 40-years in the making
LOS ANGELES - Until Thursday, Roman Polanski had been a film academy member for over 40 years since pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a minor in 1977. In his 40 years as a fugitive the “China...
May 04, 2018
No Nobel literature prize this year but 2 prizes in 2019
COPENHAGEN - Following weeks of internal bickering, sex-abuse allegations and a financial investigation by police, the body that hands out the prestigious Nobel Prize in Literature announced Friday th...
May 04, 2018
New Zealander 1st ever 'Galaga' arcade game World Champion
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Mastering a classic arcade game isn’t a lucrative hobby, so some of the world’s best players of “Galaga” were thrilled to get all-expenses-paid trips ...
May 03, 2018
At what point does crying 'lynching' trivialize the word?
WASHINGTON - R. Kelly says boycotting his music because of the sexual abuse allegations against him amounts to a “public lynching.” Bill Cosby’s people say his conviction was a lynch...
May 03, 2018
Hawaii volcano shoots lava into sky; evacuations ordered
HONOLULU - Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted Thursday, sending lava shooting into the air in a residential neighbourhood and prompting mandatory evacuation orders for nearby homes. Hawaii County ...
May 03, 2018
NBC News corrects story on monitoring Cohen's phones
NEW YORK - NBC News corrected a story Thursday that said federal investigators had placed a wiretap on the phone lines of President Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, saying it subsequently learne...
May 03, 2018