Category Archives: World

Model Ashley Graham shows off pregnancy with first child
NEW YORK - Surprise! That's how model Ashley Graham announced she's pregnant with her first child. Graham and filmmaker Justin Ervin are also celebrating their ninth wedding anniversary. The two share...
Aug 14, 2019

Musician Zac Brown loses bid to limit access to Alaska home
KENAI, Alaska - Country musician Zac Brown has lost a bid to limit public access to his property in Alaska. Brown had asked the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission to remove easements the acce...
Aug 14, 2019

Soccer star Sala exposed to harmful carbon monoxide in plane
LONDON - Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala and his pilot were exposed to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide before their small plane crashed in the English Channel, killing them both, British acc...
Aug 14, 2019

AP Source: Epstein jail guards suspected of falsifying logs
NEW YORK - Jail guards on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein apparently killed himself are suspected of falsifying log entries to show they were checking on inmates every half-hour as required, according ...
Aug 14, 2019

Flights restart at Hong Kong airport as protesters apologize
HONG KONG - Flights resumed at Hong Kong's airport Wednesday after two days of disruptions marked by outbursts of violence that highlight the hardening positions of pro-democracy protesters and the au...
Aug 14, 2019

A$AP Rocky found guilty of assault by Swedish court
STOCKHOLM - A Swedish court on Wednesday found American rapper A$AP Rocky guilty of assault for his role in a June 30 street brawl in Stockholm that drew the close attention of U.S. President Donald T...
Aug 14, 2019

5 children killed in fire at Pennsylvania day care centre
ERIE, Pa. - A day care centre where children could stay overnight as their parents worked was ravaged Sunday by a fire that killed five and sent the owner to the hospital, authorities said. The victim...
Aug 14, 2019

Firefighting planes battle blaze on Greek island of Evia
ATHENS, Greece - Greek firefighters backed by water-dropping planes and helicopters were battling a wildfire burning through a protected nature reserve on the island of Evia for a second day Wednesday...
Aug 14, 2019

Hong Kong airport shuts down amid pro-democracy protest
HONG KONG - One of the world's busiest airports cancelled all flights after thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators crowded into Hong Kong's main terminal Monday, while the central government in Beij...
Aug 14, 2019

Alleged Christchurch gunman sends letter from prison cell
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand officials admitted Wednesday that they made a mistake by allowing the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques to send a hand-written letter f...
Aug 14, 2019