Category Archives: World
In Venice hit 'First Man,' another day of sun for Chazelle
NEW YORK - Damien Chazelle’s last movie, “La La Land,” was about a man clinging to nostalgia. His new one, “First Man,” doesn’t merely flirt with the past. It throt...
Aug 31, 2018
Amsterdam police study possible terror motive for stabbings
AMSTERDAM - Police investigators in Amsterdam included an extremist attack as a possible motive for the stabbings of two people at a busy railway station Friday as authorities in the Dutch capital rep...
Aug 31, 2018
Presidents, pop stars join in epic farewell to Queen of Soul
DETROIT - Former presidents and preachers joined a parade of pop stars Friday in a singing, hip-swaying, piano-pounding farewell to Aretha Franklin, remembering the Queen of Soul as a powerful force f...
Aug 31, 2018
Court upholds late Ohio State player's false arrest claim
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The widow of a former Ohio State football star says police used excessive force arresting her late husband, and a federal appeals court is allowing her lawsuit to proceed. Jim Stillwa...
Aug 30, 2018
Australian arrested at Cambodian rally convicted of spying
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - An Australian filmmaker arrested after flying a drone to photograph a Cambodian opposition party rally last year was convicted of spying and sentenced to six years in prison Fri...
Aug 30, 2018
Aretha Franklin farewells continue at her father's church
DETROIT - Before the world marks the end of Aretha Franklin’s life at her funeral Friday, fans gathered a day early to celebrate her in the place where her faith was forged and her voice was fir...
Aug 30, 2018
Trump cancels pay raise due to federal workers in January
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is cancelling pay raises due in January for most civilian federal employees, he informed Congress on Thursday, citing budget constraints. But the workers still coul...
Aug 30, 2018
French actor Gerard Depardieu is subject of rape complaint
PARIS - Prosecutors in Paris have opened a preliminary investigation of a woman’s rape and sexual assault accusations against actor Gerard Depardieu, a French judicial official said Thursday. A ...
Aug 30, 2018
Marvel head Kevin Feige to receive David O. Selznick Award
LOS ANGELES - Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige is set to receive the prestigious David O. Selznick Achievement Award at the 2019 Producers Guild Awards. The Producers Guild of America says Thursda...
Aug 30, 2018
Olympic skater Michelle Kwan sells her Rhode Island estate
NEWPORT, R.I. - Olympic figure skater Michelle Kwan has sold her Rhode Island estate. The Providence Journal reports that the Newport estate, named Casa del Sole, sold for nearly $4 million. Kwan took...
Aug 30, 2018