Category Archives: World
Lights, camera, action! Tumbling space snowman in film debut
WASHINGTON - The tumbling space snowman is making its out-of-this-world film premiere. Scientists from NASA’s New Horizons mission on Tuesday released the first stitched together animation of Ul...
Jan 15, 2019
New pen may allow sale of horses for slaughter
RENO, Nev. - The U.S. Forest Service has built a new corral for wild horses in Northern California, which could allow it to bypass federal restrictions and sell the animals for slaughter. The agency a...
Jan 15, 2019
IRS recalling 46,000 workers to handle taxes
WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service is recalling about 46,000 of its employees furloughed by the government shutdown - nearly 60 per cent of its workforce - to handle tax returns and pay out ref...
Jan 15, 2019
Bruce Springsteen surprises Irish pub patrons in Boston
BOSTON - Bruce Springsteen made an unexpected visit to a Boston pub last week. Tommy McCarthy, owner of The Bebop, says Springsteen walked into the bar with his wife and another woman to spend some ti...
Jan 15, 2019
Drug trafficker tells of bribe to ex-president of Mexico
NEW YORK - A Colombian drug trafficker testified Tuesday that Mexican cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman boasted about paying a $100 million bribe to the former president of Mexico to...
Jan 15, 2019
Las Vegas home of mobster portrayed in 'Casino' is for sale
LAS VEGAS - The Las Vegas home of legendary Chicago mob enforcer Tony “The Ant” Spilotro is for sale. Spilotro, who was portrayed by Joe Pesci in the 1995 film “Casino,” and hi...
Jan 15, 2019
Man pleads guilty in Chicago killing of Dwyane Wade's cousin
CHICAGO - One of two brothers charged in the Chicago fatal shooting of Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade’s cousin has pleaded guilty to murder. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Derren Sorrells entered th...
Jan 15, 2019
Netflix renews 'Grace and Frankie' ahead of season 5 debut
LOS ANGELES - As the fifth-season adventures of “Grace and Frankie ” begin, viewers can rest assured there’s more to come. Series creator Marta Kauffman and Netflix said Tuesday that...
Jan 15, 2019
FAA says it is recalling more aviation-safety inspectors
Federal officials say they are recalling more aviation-safety inspectors who were idled by the partial government shutdown. A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that the ag...
Jan 15, 2019
Rihanna sues father over use of their last name for business
LOS ANGELES - Rihanna is suing her father over his use of their last name for a business. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles, Rihanna, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty,...
Jan 15, 2019