Category Archives: World
SpaceX launches 10 more Iridium Communications satellites
LOS ANGELES - A SpaceX rocket delivered 10 satellites to low-Earth orbit on Friday, completing a two-year campaign by Iridium Communications Inc. to replace its original fleet with a new generation of...
Jan 11, 2019
Lab revokes honours for controversial DNA scientist Watson
NEW YORK - James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning DNA scientist who lost his job in 2007 for expressing racist views, was stripped of several honorary titles Friday by the New York lab he once headed. ...
Jan 11, 2019
New Florida governor suspends sheriff over school massacre
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - New Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel on Friday over his handling of February’s massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, sa...
Jan 11, 2019
'Green Book' writer apologizes for old tweet about Muslims
LOS ANGELES - “Green Book” co-writer Nick Vallelonga has apologized for a 2015 tweet about Muslims and 9-11 that has resurfaced a few days after the film won a Golden Globe Award. In the t...
Jan 11, 2019
Police: Fugitive in Vegas manicurist death found in Arizona
LAS VEGAS - A woman sought for almost two weeks by authorities in Las Vegas after allegedly skipping out on a $35 manicure and using a stolen car to run over and kill a salon worker who tried to stop ...
Jan 11, 2019
O'Rourke to do Oprah Winfrey interview amid 2020 speculation
AUSTIN, Texas - Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke will head to New York next month for a live interview with Oprah Winfrey as he continues to mull a 2020 presidential run. O’Rourke will be p...
Jan 11, 2019
Police: Driver crashes trying 'Bird Box' blindfold challenge
SALT LAKE CITY - Police say a Utah teenager crashed into another car when she covered her eyes as part of the so-called “Bird Box Challenge.” Layton police Lt. Travis Lyman said Friday tha...
Jan 11, 2019
Maduro foe says he's ready to replace the president
CARACAS, Venezuela - The head of Venezuela’s opposition-run congress said Friday that he is prepared to step into the nation’s presidency temporarily to replace Nicolas Maduro, whose inaug...
Jan 11, 2019
Historic music recording studio in Detroit bought by state
DETROIT - A historic Detroit music studio where stars such as Aretha Franklin and Miles Davis recorded has been bought by the state to preserve the building during a freeway project. Michigan’s ...
Jan 11, 2019
Florida pardons 4 black men accused of 1949 rape
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - After a dramatic, hourlong meeting that recalled events from nearly seven decades ago, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state’s three-member Cabinet granted posthumous pardo...
Jan 11, 2019