Category Archives: World
Serena Williams launches pop-up shop during Art Basel Miami
MIAMI - Strong. Sophisticated. Sexy. Like the tennis champ herself, Serena Williams’ fashion line is all about power moves and she’s hoping it will also inspire woman to find their own voi...
Dec 06, 2018
Iowa religious activist criminally charged in book burning
ORANGE CITY, Iowa - A northwestern Iowa religious activist who burned four LGBTQ children’s books he’d checked out of an Orange City library has been charged with misdemeanour criminal mis...
Dec 06, 2018
After a long, bumpy journey, 'Mowgli' settles in at Netflix
LOS ANGELES - To say Andy Serkis has been through the ringer with his adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” is a bit of an understatement. It was always going to be an am...
Dec 06, 2018
Court: Woman convicted as teen could be free after 51 years
NASHVILLE - Tennessee’s Supreme Court is clarifying that a woman convicted of first-degree murder as a teen could be released from prison after serving at least 51 years. The court issued the op...
Dec 06, 2018
Reba McEntire, Oak Ridge Boys sing at Bush's Texas funeral
HOUSTON - Reba McEntire has sung “The Lord’s Prayer” at the Houston funeral service of former President George H.W. Bush. The Grammy winner on Thursday followed the Oak Ridge Boys, w...
Dec 06, 2018
Julia Roberts, more movie stars snare Golden Globe TV nods
LOS ANGELES - Even the sometimes-offbeat Golden Globe Awards are unable to resist the allure of movie stars who dabble in television work. Julia Roberts, Amy Adams, Jim Carrey and Michael Douglas were...
Dec 06, 2018
North Carolina Democrat drops race concession amid probe
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Democrat trailing in a North Carolina congressional race withdrew his concession Thursday as state election officials investigated allegations of absentee ballot fraud. Dan McCread...
Dec 06, 2018
Minnesota Orchestra conductor to step down in 2022
MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota Orchestra Music Director Osmo Vanska plans to step down when his contract ends in 2022. Vanska made the announcement at the orchestra board’s annual meeting Wednesday. He...
Dec 06, 2018
US stocks claw back from an early plunge on Fed report
U.S. stocks clawed most of their way back from a deep slide Thursday that at one point had wiped out the market’s gains for the year. An early plunge briefly knocked more than 700 points off the...
Dec 06, 2018
Iditarod clears four-time champion in dog-doping scandal
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Iditarod officials have cleared a four-time champion of any wrongdoing in a dog-doping scandal that followed the sled dog race last year. Officials for the 1,000-mile (1,610 kilome...
Dec 06, 2018