Category Archives: World
Top court won't hear de Havilland's case about TV miniseries
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is declining to revive a lawsuit by Olivia de Havilland over the FX Networks miniseries “Feud: Bette and Joan,” which centred on the rivalry between actresse...
Jan 07, 2019
Former Republican Rep. Mia Love joining CNN as commentator
SALT LAKE CITY - The first black Republican woman in Congress is joining CNN as a commentator after being unseated by a Democratic challenger in November. Former U.S. Rep. Mia Love of Utah tweeted Mon...
Jan 07, 2019
'RBG,' 'Won't You Be My Neighbour?' get directors guild noms
LOS ANGELES - Popular documentaries about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Fred Rogers have each snagged another key nomination from the Directors Guild of America. The DGA announced its ...
Jan 07, 2019
After a tame Globes, is a less-charged awards season ahead?
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - The Golden Globe Awards looked like it had gone entirely back to frothy, bubbly business as usual, until Regina King did the impossible: She got the orchestra to stop playing h...
Jan 07, 2019
7 dead in shooting in Mexican city of Playa del Carmen
MEXICO CITY - Seven men have been killed in a shooting attack at a bar in Mexico’s Caribbean coasl city of Playa del Carmen, authorities said Monday. State and local police said the attack occur...
Jan 07, 2019
'Black Panther,' 'A Star Is Born' get Writers Guild noms
LOS ANGELES - The scripts for “Black Panther” and “A Star Is Born” are among the five films that have been selected to compete for best adapted screenplay at the Writers Guild ...
Jan 07, 2019
Judge rips attorney as 'unprofessional' in Russia probe case
WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Monday reprimanded an attorney for a Russian company accused of interfering in the 2016 presidential election, saying his references to Looney Tunes and “Animal H...
Jan 07, 2019
Home items are getting smarter and creepier, like it or not
NEW YORK - One day, finding an oven that just cooks food may be as tough as buying a TV that merely lets you change channels. Internet-connected “smarts” are creeping into cars, refrigerat...
Jan 07, 2019
Correction: Teen-Life Sentence-Clemency story
NASHVILLE - In a story Jan. 7 about the clemency of Cyntoia Brown, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Brown was picked up at a drive-in theatre. She was picked up at a Sonic Drive-In fast-...
Jan 07, 2019
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announces his departure
WASHINGTON - Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank, announced Monday he is resigning at the end of January. Kim’s unexpected departure three years before his term was set to expire is li...
Jan 07, 2019