Category Archives: World
Venezuela's Maduro 'willing to sit down' with opposition
MOSCOW - More than a week into a standoff with the opposition, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday he was willing to negotiate. Violent street demonstrations erupted last week after opp...
Jan 29, 2019
Karlie Kloss part of 'Project Runway' twists in Bravo return
PASADENA, Calif. - A roundup of news from the Television Critics Association winter meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs. DESIGNING WITH A T...
Jan 29, 2019
Vegetable oil vandals delay classes at New Mexico school
EUNICE, N.M. - A New Mexico high school was forced to delay classes after authorities say vandals poured vegetable oil throughout the hallways. The Hobbs News-Sun reports the oil was poured at Eunice ...
Jan 29, 2019
LA Mayor Garcetti says he won't run for president in 2020
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will not seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020, slightly winnowing a field that is still likely to be large and unwieldy for a party desperate to oust Pre...
Jan 29, 2019
Parkland shooting: Florida ex-sheriff challenges suspension
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A Florida sheriff suspended this month by the governor and accused of failing to prevent a school shooting has requested a state Senate hearing. An attorney for ex-Broward County S...
Jan 29, 2019
Actresses welcome on-set culture changes in MeToo era
PASADENA, Calif. - Lorraine Toussaint welcomes the idea of intimacy coaches on television and film sets, even if the actress wasn’t quite sure what the job entails. Informed that such coaches he...
Jan 29, 2019
Apple opens new chapter amid weakening iPhone demand
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple hoped to offset slowing demand for iPhones by raising the prices of its most important product, but that strategy seems to have backfired after sales sagged during the holiday sh...
Jan 29, 2019
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow sued over Utah ski crash
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah man filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing actress Gwyneth Paltrow of seriously injuring him during ski crash at a Park City resort in 2016. Retired doctor Terry Sanderson said in th...
Jan 29, 2019
UN: More than 130 migrants appear to be missing off Djibouti
JOHANNESBURG - More than 130 migrants were thought to be missing after two boats capsized Tuesday off the tiny East African nation of Djibouti, the U.N. migration agency said. Local police had found f...
Jan 29, 2019
Weinstein lawyers argue against sex trafficking claim
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers said the movie mogul is not a sex trafficker, despite claims in a class-action lawsuit. The lawyers in a court filing late Monday urged U.S. District Judge ...
Jan 29, 2019