Category Archives: World
Spinoff of ABC's 'black-ish' to focus on mixed-race issues
LOS ANGELES - A spinoff of the ABC sitcom “black-ish” will focus on a young Rainbow Johnson and her challenges growing up in the 1980s. ABC said Thursday that the new series, titled “...
May 03, 2019
Strong cyclone lashes India, forces 1.2 million from homes
KOLKATA, India - Cyclone Fani tore through India’s eastern coast on Friday as a grade 5 storm, lashing beaches with rain and winds gusting up to 205 kilometres (127 miles) per hour and affecting...
May 03, 2019
Longtime married couple die within minutes of each other
ERIE, Pa. - Family members say a Pennsylvania couple who had been married for almost 45 years died within minutes of each other. Clair “Cos” Vance had made daily visits to a care centre wh...
May 03, 2019
Migos' Offset wants warrant dismissed for incident with fan
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. - Authorities say Migos member Offset is facing a felony charge of criminal damage to property after an incident with a fan at a suburban Atlanta retailer. The Atlanta Journal-Const...
May 03, 2019
YouTube star to be sentenced in Chicago in child porn case
CHICAGO - A former YouTube star with a large teenage following is scheduled to be sentenced in Chicago federal court for coercing six girls to send him sexually explicit videos. Prosecutors are seekin...
May 03, 2019
Cyprus police chief fired over serial killer case
NICOSIA, Cyprus - The president of Cyprus fired the small island nation’s police chief Friday, saying botched missing person investigations might have allowed a self-confessed serial killer to c...
May 03, 2019
1 year later, Hawaii lava evacuees grapple with huge losses
PAHOA, Hawaii - A year after a volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island rained lava and gases in one of its largest and most destructive eruptions in recorded history, people who lost their homes and farm...
May 03, 2019
Ebola outbreak deaths top 1,000 in Congo amid clinic attacks
KINSHASA, Congo - More than 1,000 people have died from Ebola in eastern Congo since August, the country’s health minister said Friday as hostility toward health workers continues to hamper effo...
May 03, 2019
Just the feces: Kentucky Derby winner poop on sale for $200
GEORGETOWN, Ky. - Are you interested in a $200 jar of poop from 1997 Kentucky Derby winner Silver Charm? If so, the jars by Kentucky for Kentucky went on sale May 1. The Lexington Herald-Leader report...
May 03, 2019
Kelly Clarkson had appendix removed after hosting awards
LOS ANGELES - Kelly Clarkson had her appendix removed soon after hosting the Billboard Music Awards. The 37-year-old tweeted she “may or may not have broken down in tears after the show from pai...
May 03, 2019