Category Archives: World
Australian Cardinal Pell convicted of molesting 2 choirboys
MELBOURNE, Australia - The most senior Catholic cleric ever charged with child sex abuse has been convicted of molesting two choirboys moments after celebrating Mass, dealing a new blow to the Catholi...
Feb 25, 2019
Nielsen: 29.6 million viewers for Oscars, up from 2018
NEW YORK - The Oscars ended its four-year streak of dwindling viewership, reaching 29.6 million on Sunday to beat last year’s audience by 12 per cent, but it still represents the second-smallest...
Feb 25, 2019
Iran's foreign minister resigns as his nuclear deal teeters
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif resigned without warning late Monday, offering an “apology” to the nation as the nuclear deal he negotiated with world powers i...
Feb 25, 2019
Ariana Grande to play Manchester, 2 years after arena bomb
LONDON - Ariana Grande is returning to Manchester, two years after a suicide bomber killed 22 people at her concert in the northwest England city. Organizers say Grande will be a headliner at the Manc...
Feb 25, 2019
Judge allows Smollett to travel to meet with attorneys
CHICAGO - A Chicago judge says “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett can travel out-of-state to meet his lawyers while he’s free on bond on charges he falsely reported being attacked by two...
Feb 25, 2019
Syria's Assad visits Iran in rare trip abroad
TEHRAN, Iran - Syrian President Bashar Assad has made an unannounced trip to Iran, where he met with the supreme leader and other top officials to discuss the planned U.S. troop withdrawal and Turkey&...
Feb 25, 2019
Mary J. Blige, NAS, Pharrell on tap for 2019 Essence Fest
NEW ORLEANS - The 2019 Essence Festival will feature headlining performances by Mary J. Blige and rappers NAS, Pharrell, Jermaine Dupri and Missy Elliott as Essence Magazine’s “party with ...
Feb 25, 2019
French prosecutors drop rape case against Luc Besson
Paris prosecutors say a rape investigation targeting filmmaker Luc Besson has been dropped because of a lack of evidence. A woman had filed a complaint in May accusing the 59-year-old director of drug...
Feb 25, 2019
'Fixer Upper' couple buys historic castle in Texas
WACO, Texas - Chip and Joanna Gaines’ latest home project is quite the fixer-upper. The Texas couple made famous by HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” home improvement show closed last week ...
Feb 25, 2019
2 arrested in robbery of California news crew
OAKLAND, Calif. - Two men have been arrested in the shooting of the security guard for a news crew that was robbed while covering the Oakland teachers’ strike, authorities said Monday. KPIX said...
Feb 25, 2019