Category Archives: World
Iraq lawmakers confirm new government, key posts left empty
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s parliament voted to confirm Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi’s new government on Thursday while leaving key Cabinet posts unfilled. The legislature voted in an unruly sessi...
Oct 24, 2018
Timberlake postpones NYC show due to bruised vocal cords
NEW YORK - Justin Timberlake says he is postponing his Wednesday night concert in New York City because his vocal cords are “severely bruised.” The pop star writes on Instagram that under ...
Oct 24, 2018
Police: Too soon to say if shooting was racial attack
JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky. - A white man with a history of violence fatally shot two African-American customers at a Kroger grocery store and was swiftly arrested as he tried to flee, police said Thursday. Au...
Oct 24, 2018
AP Explains: Why the world's biggest lottery jackpot wasn't
DES MOINES, Iowa - Call it the world’s largest lottery prize that wasn’t. The Mega Millions jackpot that had been announced as the biggest ever at $1.6 billion ended up being the second-bi...
Oct 24, 2018
Judge: No rejecting mail ballots due to signature mismatch
ATLANTA - Georgia election officials must stop rejecting absentee ballots and absentee ballot applications because of a mismatched signature without first giving voters a chance to fix the problem, a ...
Oct 24, 2018
Canadian companies weigh in on whether they'll attend Saudi conference
TORONTO - Several Canadian companies have kept silent on whether they’re attending a major Saudi Arabia investment conference after the event was overshadowed by the apparent murder of Saudi jou...
Oct 24, 2018
Comedian mixes up Native American candidates in endorsement
BOISE, Idaho - Comedian Chelsea Handler endorsed Paulette Jordan, a Democrat and Native American woman running for governor of Idaho, in a Twitter post but included a photo of the wrong Native America...
Oct 24, 2018
Kanye West makes cameo showing for Chicago mayoral hopeful
CHICAGO - Fresh off his bizarre Oval Office visit with President Donald Trump, hip-hop megastar Kanye West drew a crowd when he joined a Democratic mayoral hopeful and Chance the Rapper in a sidewalk ...
Oct 24, 2018
Putin says Russia will target nations hosting US missiles
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that if the United States deploys intermediate-range missiles in Europe, Russia will have to target the nations that would host them. The ste...
Oct 24, 2018
Woman who created green bean casserole dies at 92
HADDONFIELD, N.J. - The woman who created a Thanksgiving staple - the green bean casserole - enjoyed by millions has died at age 92. Dorcas Reilly died on Oct. 15 of Alzheimer’s disease, said Ke...
Oct 24, 2018