Category Archives: World
Private plane crashes in crowded Mumbai area; 5 people dead
MUMBAI, India - A small private plane crashed Thursday in a busy area of Mumbai, India’s financial and entertainment capital, killing five people including one person on the ground, police said....
Jun 28, 2018
Mattis says US will keep current troop levels in South Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Carrying a clear message of reassurance to South Korea, U.S. Defence Secretary Jim Mattis stated flatly Thursday that the U.S. will maintain its current number of troops on...
Jun 28, 2018
California movie producer gets 8 years in prison in fraud
NEW YORK - A California movie producer convicted of defrauding investors of over $26 million was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday by a judge who said his crimes needed to be punished sever...
Jun 27, 2018
Longtime Vols broadcaster Ward honoured at tribute ceremony
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee athletic director Phillip Fulmer praised John Ward for bringing “life and feeling to our living rooms” during a tribute ceremony for the longtime Volunteers fo...
Jun 27, 2018
Workers of Hawaii agency that sent false alert seen sleeping
HONOLULU - An employee of the Hawaii agency that mistakenly sent cellphone and broadcast alerts about an imminent missile attack earlier this year says he saw staff members watching movies or TV on th...
Jun 27, 2018
High time for Cheech's art museum: California gives millions
LOS ANGELES - Just months after California legalized recreational marijuana the state is giving stoner comedian Cheech Marin’s Chicano art museum $9.7 million. It must be kismet. The money was r...
Jun 27, 2018
Brother of Giants' Janoris Jenkins charged in man's death
FAIR LAWN, N.J. - The brother of New York Giants cornerback Janoris Jenkins has been arrested and charged with manslaughter in the death of a 25-year-man whose body was found in the NFL player’s...
Jun 27, 2018
Jury: Dr. Dre's Beats headphones owes ex-partner $25.2M
LOS ANGELES - A jury has found that Dr. Dre, music mogul Jimmy Iovine and their headphone company Beats Electronics owe a former partner $25.2 million in royalties. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury...
Jun 27, 2018
Agreement reached to end children's book infringement case
BOISE, Idaho - A group that preserves and promotes the work of a deaf, self-taught Idaho artist whose creations appear in museums around the world agreed Wednesday to dismiss its copyright infringemen...
Jun 27, 2018
Joe Jackson, patriarch of musical Jackson family, dies at 89
NEW YORK - Joe Jackson, the fearsome stage dad of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and their talented siblings, who took his family from poverty and launched a musical dynasty, died Wednesday. He was 89...
Jun 27, 2018