World

Fire-ravaged Notre Dame now stabilized, firefighters leave

PARIS - Architects and construction workers have stabilized the damaged structure of Notre Dame cathedral, four days after a fast-spreading fire ravaged the iconic Paris building, and firefighters wer...

Apr 21, 2019

Democrats subpoena Mueller report amid calls for impeachment

WASHINGTON - The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, has issued a subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller's full report as Democrats intensified their investigation of ...

Apr 21, 2019

Trump sours on Mueller report after initial upbeat view

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is lashing out at current and former aides who co-operated with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, insisting the deeply unflattering picture they paint...

Apr 21, 2019

Explosions kill at least 30 in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - At least 30 people were killed and nearly 300 wounded in near simultaneous blasts that rocked three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, officials said. The bl...

Apr 21, 2019

National Enquirer being sold to former newsstand mogul

NEW YORK - The National Enquirer is being sold to the former head of the airport newsstand company Hudson News following a rocky year in which the tabloid was accused of burying stories that could hav...

Apr 20, 2019

Medical examiner: Clark Gable's grandson died of overdose

DALLAS - A medical examiner says the grandson of actor Clark Gable died of an accidental drug overdose. The Dallas County Medical Examiner's office says an autopsy found Clark James Gable III was kill...

Apr 20, 2019

Actress Anjelica Huston supports banning fur sales in NYC

NEW YORK - Actress Anjelica Huston is supporting efforts to outlaw fur sales in the fashion mecca of New York. Huston says in an opinion piece in the Daily News that she used to think fur was a symbol...

Apr 20, 2019

Players boycotting social media over racism receive abuse

MANCHESTER, England - Soccer players in England boycotting social media in a protest against racism were targeted with abuse for posting about the 24-hour campaign. Talks with the social media compani...

Apr 20, 2019

In 'Red Joan', Judi Dench gets spy role far from 007's boss

LONDON - Judi Dench is back in the world of espionage - but her latest role is a far cry from James Bond's unflappable spy chief, M. In "Red Joan," to be released Friday in Britain and the United Stat...

Apr 20, 2019

Ukraine election: The president vs. guy who plays one on TV

KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's presidential runoff Sunday is a battle between a billionaire tycoon who rode anti-Russian protests to the nation's top office five years ago and a comedian who plays a presid...

Apr 20, 2019