Category Archives: World
'SpongeBob' creator Stephen Hillenburg dies at 57
LOS ANGELES - Stephen Hillenburg, who used his dual loves of drawing and marine biology to spawn the absurd undersea world of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” has died, Nickelodeon announced Tuesd...
Nov 27, 2018
New developments put Manafort back in Russia probe spotlight
WASHINGTON - The breakdown of a plea deal with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and an explosive British news report about alleged contacts he may have had with WikiLeaks founder Julian As...
Nov 27, 2018
NewsAlert: Nickelodeon: Stephen Hillenburg, whose daffy animated 'SpongeBob SquarePants' became an international hit, dies at 57
LOS ANGELES - Nickelodeon: Stephen Hillenburg, whose daffy animated ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ became an international hit, dies at 57 . The Associated Press
Nov 27, 2018
Bomb, gun threats lock down Georgia school district
DECATUR, Ga. - Police say multiple schools are on lockdown in an Atlanta suburb as police investigate a bomb threat at one school and threats of gun violence at two others. Decatur police said Tuesday...
Nov 27, 2018
Candidate-backed group challenges Georgia election process
ATLANTA - A political organization backed by Democrat Stacey Abrams filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the way Georgia’s elections are run, making good on a promise Abrams made as she e...
Nov 27, 2018
British radio presenter killed in Lebanon
BEIRUT - A well-known British radio presenter who had been living in Lebanon for years was found dead in his apartment in a mountain town near Beirut on Tuesday after being apparently murdered, Lebane...
Nov 27, 2018
Father whose son shot himself with dad's gun pleads guilty
CLIVE, Iowa - An Iowa man whose 2-year-old son shot himself with his father’s handgun is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 14 in Des Moines. Polk County court records show 30-year-old Jonathan Haus...
Nov 27, 2018
Global lawmakers grill Facebook exec; Zuckerberg's a no-show
LONDON - A cohort of international lawmakers is trying to turn up the pressure on Facebook, grilling one of its executives and making a show of founder Mark Zuckerberg’s refusal to explain to th...
Nov 27, 2018
France's Macron tries to ease popular anger over gas prices
PARIS - French President Emmanuel Macron is trying to defuse protests over rising fuel taxes by explaining his plans to wean the country off fossil fuels and promising to shift out of cheap nuclear en...
Nov 27, 2018
Trump backs use of 'very safe' tear gas on crowd of migrants
SAN DIEGO - President Donald Trump is strongly defending the U.S. use of tear gas at the Mexico border to repel a crowd of migrants that included angry rock-throwers and barefoot, crying children. On ...
Nov 27, 2018