Category Archives: World
Officials launch ice guessing contest on Vermont lake
NEWPORT, Vt. - Vermont officials have launched their annual contest to guess how long the ice will last on Lake Memphremagog. The Caledonian Record reports for its “Ice Out” contest, the N...
Feb 04, 2019
'Young and the Restless' actor Kristoff St. John dead at 52
LOS ANGELES - Kristoff St. John, who played the struggling alcoholic and ladies’ man Neil Winters for 27 years on “Young and the Restless ,” has died. He was 52. Los Angeles police w...
Feb 04, 2019
'Clemency,' 'One Child Nation' take top Sundance jury prizes
PARK CITY, Utah - A fiction film about a prison warden on death row duty and a documentary about the generations affected by China’s’ one-child policy have won the top jury awards at the 2...
Feb 04, 2019
Alfonso Cuaron wins Directors Guild award for 'Roma'
LOS ANGELES - “Roma” director Alfonso Cuaron has won the top honour from the Directors Guild of America and solidified his spot as the Oscar front-runner. Cuaron won out over Spike Lee for...
Feb 04, 2019
'Glass' stays at No. 1, while 'Miss Bala' opens in third
LOS ANGELES - With the distraction of the Super Bowl, freezing temperatures affecting large portions of North America and only one big new release in theatres in “Miss Bala,” movie going a...
Feb 04, 2019
Dozens of animals die in fire at Florida wildlife sanctuary
ORLANDO, Fla. - Firefighters say dozens of animals are dead following a fire at a central Florida animal sanctuary. Orange County Fire Rescue officials posted on Twitter that the fire broke out early ...
Feb 04, 2019
Iran's revolutionaries have mixed feelings, 40 years later
TEHRAN, Iran - Forty years after he defected from the shah’s Imperial Guard to join the Islamic Revolution, Mohammad Reza Tajik, like many Iranians from that time, looks back wistfully at the yo...
Feb 04, 2019
Taliban to take part in 'intra-Afghan' talks in Moscow
ISLAMABAD - The Taliban said Monday they will participate in “intra-Afghan” talks in Moscow designed to bring together prominent Afghan figures, including former President Hamid Karzai, op...
Feb 04, 2019
Some lofty goals from 2018 State of Union speech still unmet
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump whiffed on some lofty goals that he laid out in last year’s State of the Union address, most notably his call for an overhaul of immigration laws and a “...
Feb 04, 2019
Political death watch: Virginia governor weighs his future
RICHMOND, Va. - A political death watch took shape at Virginia’s Capitol as Gov. Ralph Northam consulted with top administration officials Monday about whether to resign amid a furor over a raci...
Feb 04, 2019