Category Archives: World
Study finds female-led films outperform male ones
NEW YORK - A study organized by Time’s Up, the organization formed to promote gender equality, has found that female-led films consistently outperform male-led movies at the box office. The stud...
Dec 11, 2018
Protesters demanding clemency for woman, interrupt governor
NASHVILLE - Gov. Bill Haslam told a group of protesters demanding clemency for a Tennessee woman serving life in prison that he’s reviewing her case. Cyntoia Brown was 16 when she killed a man w...
Dec 11, 2018
Rapper Ty Dolla $ign indicted on felony drug charges
ATLANTA - Singer and rapper Ty Dolla $ign faces drug charges in Atlanta. Court records show a Fulton County grand jury indicted the 36-year-old musician on Nov. 30 on charges of felony possession of c...
Dec 11, 2018
Memoirist who wrote about priest dad wins Thurber prize
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A woman who wrote a memoir about having a married Roman Catholic priest for a father has won the country’s top humour writing prize. Patricia Lockwood, author of “Priestda...
Dec 11, 2018
Attack at Christmas market in French city kills 3, wounds 12
STRASBOURG, France - A man who had been flagged as a possible extremist sprayed gunfire near the famous Christmas market in the French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday, killing three people, wounding up ...
Dec 11, 2018
Cannibal Corpse guitarist charged with burglary, assault
TAMPA, Fla. - Authorities say the lead guitarist for the death metal band Cannibal Corpse broke into a Florida house and tried to attack a deputy. A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office news rel...
Dec 11, 2018
A look at where the investigations related to Trump stand
A look at where the investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Trump is facing criminal investigations in Washington and New Yo...
Dec 11, 2018
Kirk Douglas honoured in NY birthplace with historic marker
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. - Public officials and relatives of Kirk Douglas have unveiled a new historic marker in his upstate New York birthplace to honour the Hollywood legend on his birthday. The blue and yel...
Dec 11, 2018
Cosby lawyers detail 11 alleged trial errors as they appeal
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby’s lawyers detailed nearly a dozen alleged legal errors Tuesday, including the judge’s decision to send the case to trial, as they appeal his sexual assault convic...
Dec 11, 2018
Christmas tree farmers' campaign: Buy real, not artificial
TUALATIN, Ore. - Rosa Villarreal’s three young sons jumped and ran around the field of Christmas trees like jackrabbits, their excitement palpable as they raced from evergreen to evergreen. The ...
Dec 11, 2018