Category Archives: World
Judge declares Iowa fetal heartbeat law unconstitutional
DES MOINES, Iowa - A state judge on Tuesday struck down Iowa’s restrictive “fetal heartbeat” abortion law, which would have been the most restrictive anti-abortion law in the nation....
Jan 22, 2019
Spike Lee likes his Oscar odds with 'BlackKkKlansman'
NEW YORK - Spike Lee watched the Oscar nominations Tuesday morning on television from his bed, with his wife, Tonya, his two grown children, Satchel and Jackson, and their dog, Ginger. Screaming ensue...
Jan 22, 2019
Porn star's hush money suit against Trump could be tossed
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge appeared inclined Tuesday to toss out a lawsuit against President Donald Trump by porn actress Stormy Daniels that sought to tear up a hush-money settlement about their a...
Jan 22, 2019
Chelsea Clinton announces pregnancy
NEW YORK - Chelsea Clinton has announced her family is expanding. The 38-year-old former first daughter tweeted Tuesday that she and her husband Marc are expecting another child in the summer. The cou...
Jan 22, 2019
Judge limits access to R. Kelly's Chicago recording studio
CHICAGO - A judge says a Chicago warehouse that R. Kelly is renting can be used only between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and only as a recording studio. The Chicago Sun-Times says the Cook County judge also pro...
Jan 22, 2019
Fun facts and figures from this year's Oscar nominations
LOS ANGELES - Some fun and interesting facts about Tuesday’s nominations for the 91st Academy Awards: - After more than 30 years and some two dozen films, Spike Lee received his first Academy Aw...
Jan 22, 2019
Oscar nominations skip Cooper for director, Mr. Rogers doc
LOS ANGELES - The rollercoaster of the 2019 awards season continued Tuesday with a batch of Oscar nominations that few could have predicted. Sure, there were some shoo-ins that made it, like “Bl...
Jan 22, 2019
Fox News host Bret Baier, family survive motor vehicle crash
Fox News host Bret Baier and his family survived a motor vehicle crash in Montana after the television anchor’s sport-utility vehicle slid on an icy road, collided with a pickup truck and turned...
Jan 22, 2019
Italy senator apologizes for tweet citing anti-Semitic text
MILAN - A senator with Italy’s governing 5-Star Movement has apologized for a tweet citing a century-old anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, which he later deleted. Elio Lannutti came under fire aft...
Jan 22, 2019
High court lets military implement transgender restrictions
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration can go ahead with its plan to restrict military service by transgender men and women while court challenges continue, the Supreme Court said Tuesday. The high cou...
Jan 22, 2019