Category Archives: World
Award is offered - and rescinded - for 'American Pie' singer
PORTLAND, Maine - A lifetime achievement award has been offered - and rescinded - for “American Pie” singer Don McLean.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
Ex-day labourer pleads guilty in socialite bludgeoning death
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - A former day labourer who bludgeoned a socialite to death at her family’s suburban New York estate has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The Journal News says Esdras M...
May 06, 2019
Coffee cup in 'Game of Thrones' scene perks up viewers
LOS ANGELES - “Game of Thrones” fans got a taste of the modern world when eagle-eyed viewers spotted a takeout coffee cup on the table during a celebration in which the actors drank from g...
May 06, 2019
'Jane the Virgin' star Gina Rodriguez weds
LOS ANGELES - “Jane the Virgin” star Gina Rodriguez has gotten married. The 34-year-old shared a video on Instagram of Saturday’s wedding to Joe LoCicero. Cast member Justin Baldoni ...
May 06, 2019
Michael Cohen goes to prison, slamming Trump along the way
NEW YORK - Michael Cohen took a last swipe at President Donald Trump while reporting to federal prison Monday to start a three-year sentence for crimes including tax evasion and campaign finance viola...
May 06, 2019
AP FACT CHECK: Trump, Putin on 'no collusion'; economy myths
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is still pulling numbers out of thin air on the economy. Trump repeatedly asserted that the U.S. economy is perhaps the best “ever” and insisted that la...
May 06, 2019