Category Archives: World
Bruce Springsteen surprises audience at Billy Joel concert
NEW YORK - Bruce Springsteen propped himself on top of Billy Joel’s piano to sing a duet with The Piano Man, who was celebrating his 100th concert at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night. Jo...
Jul 19, 2018
Helicopter mishap turns Army medical drill into real deal
SAN FRANCISCO - A medical evacuation drill at a California military base turned into a real emergency when two U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters participating in the exercise blew down four large tents ...
Jul 19, 2018
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches spacecraft higher than ever
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket company shot a capsule higher into space Wednesday than it’s ever done before. The New Shepard rocket blasted off from West Texas on t...
Jul 18, 2018
Suspected Russian agent has ties to South Dakota businessman
PIERRE, S.D. - A conservative political operative who once worked on Pat Buchanan’s 1992 presidential campaign and made an action movie with Jack Abramoff more recently helped arrange several sp...
Jul 18, 2018
Pregnant Disney dancer claims gender bias in lawsuit
ORLANDO, Fla. - A former aerial dancer at Walt Disney World has sued the resort alleging gender discrimination, saying she was fired after she became pregnant with twins and went on an 11-month leave....
Jul 18, 2018
'Big Hunk o' Love' for Elvis could connect 2 distant cities
TUPELO, Miss. - Elvis Presley’s Mississippi hometown could create a tourism partnership with the German city where he lived while serving in the U.S. Army. Presley was born in 1935 in Tupelo. Fr...
Jul 18, 2018
Voters won't decide in November whether to split California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A measure that would divide California into three parts won’t appear on the November ballot, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday, marking the latest defeat for a long-...
Jul 18, 2018
Report: Weather was deteriorating before Alaska plane crash
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A pilot flying in rapidly deteriorating weather in Alaska confused snow on a mountain with a body of water before crashing a floatplane with 10 passengers onto the rocky mountainsi...
Jul 18, 2018
Jay-Z unhappy 'Made in America' leaving Philadelphia parkway
PHILADELPHIA - Jay-Z said Wednesday he’s disappointed that Philadelphia is booting his annual music festival from the city’s grandest boulevard, accusing the mayor of having “zero ap...
Jul 18, 2018
Minnesota State Fair announces dozens of new attractions
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota State Fair announced dozens of new attractions Wednesday for the 2018 edition of the Great Minnesota Get-Together. The fair runs from Aug. 23 through Labor Day, Sept. 3. He...
Jul 18, 2018