Category Archives: World
Emmy diversity gets a boost from Ricky Martin, Issa Rae
LOS ANGELES - Sterling K. Brown and Donald Glover aren’t such Emmy outliers this year. More than a third of the 101 acting nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards went to ethnic minoritie...
Jul 13, 2018
Eritrea leader visits Ethiopia on Saturday in historic thaw
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki is visiting Ethiopia on Saturday, the latest step in an unprecedented diplomatic thaw between the former archrivals that is ending one ...
Jul 13, 2018
Kellen Winslow Jr. charged with 2003 rape of teenager
SAN DIEGO - Former NFL tight end Kellen Winslow Jr. has been charged with raping an unconscious teenager 15 years ago. Authorities say the 17-year-old girl was assaulted in 2003 in San Diego County. O...
Jul 12, 2018
Trump DOJ appealing judge's OK of AT&T-Time Warner merger
WASHINGTON - Stung by a federal judge’s dismissal of its objections to AT&T’s megamerger with Time Warner, the Trump Justice Department is challenging the decision with a legal appeal....
Jul 12, 2018
Nixon nets 65K signatures for place on primary ballot
ALBANY, N.Y. - Cynthia Nixon has collected more than 65,000 signatures on a petition to secure her place on the primary ballot as a candidate for governor, the candidate announced Thursday. The number...
Jul 12, 2018
State board to consider changing mountain's made-up name
WINDSOR, Vt. - A Vermont state board plans to hear a man’s request to change the name of Mount Ascutney (ah-SKUT’-nee) because it’s a made-up name. Hartland resident Rob Hutchins say...
Jul 12, 2018
Donate to Cynthia Nixon campaign for NY governor, win a bong
NEW YORK - Cynthia Nixon fans who agree with the former “Sex and the City” star that marijuana should be legalized can support her campaign for governor of New York by entering a contest t...
Jul 12, 2018
Bourdain gets posthumous Emmy noms for 'Parts Unknown'
Globe-trotting food chronicler Anthony Bourdain has received several posthumous Emmy nominations on Thursday. Bourdain’s CNN series, “Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown,” got six nods, ...
Jul 12, 2018
Flooding cancels hundreds of trips to coveted waterfalls
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Hundreds of tourists who booked coveted overnight trips on tribal land deep in a gorge off the Grand Canyon will have to reschedule after heavy flooding forced evacuations and shut ...
Jul 12, 2018
'Game of Thrones' earns a leading 22 Emmy Award nominations
LOS ANGELES - “Game of Thrones” roared back onto the Emmy battlefield, topping Thursday’s nominations with 22 bids. HBO’s fantasy saga is a two-time best drama winner that sat ...
Jul 12, 2018