Category Archives: World
Florida Republican leader posts support for Roseanne's tweet
LEESBURG, Fla. - A Republican leader in Florida has said he doesn’t understand the anger generated by Roseanne Barr’s tweet comparing a former adviser to President Barack Obama to an ape. ...
May 31, 2018
Death and glitter: Gucci hosts France show in Roman ruins
ARLES, France - Death and the ancient world mingled in the smoky air of Gucci’s 2019 cruise fashion show, where celebrity guests in the southern French city of Arles were transported through tim...
May 31, 2018
Girls discover World War I practice bomb in Michigan lake
ARGENTINE TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Two girls have found what authorities say is a World War I-era practice bomb while swimming in a lake in Michigan. The Flint Journal reports that 10-year-old Paige Burnett ...
May 31, 2018
Heroic Florida drama teacher to get special Tony Award
NEW YORK - The special Tony Award that honours educators this year will go to a drama teacher who picks her high school’s shows, builds the sets, hems the costumes - and nurtured many of the you...
May 31, 2018
Ed Sheeran named songwriter of year at UK's Novello awards
LONDON - Ed Sheeran has been named songwriter of the year at Britain’s prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting awards. The inescapable singer won the prize Thursday for his “exceptional body ...
May 31, 2018
St. Paul archdiocese to pay $210M to clergy abuse victims
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced a $210 million settlement Thursday with 450 victims of clergy sexual abuse as part of its plan for bankruptcy reorganization, ma...
May 31, 2018
Comic Samantha Bee apologizes to Ivanka Trump for slur
NEW YORK - Samantha Bee apologized to Ivanka Trump and viewers on Thursday for using an obscenity to describe her on a segment of her TBS comedy show. Bee said her language was “inappropriate an...
May 31, 2018
Makeup and pig's blood: Reporter describes his faked slaying
KIEV, Ukraine - To mimic gore, they used makeup and pig’s blood. They shot bullet holes in one of his sweatshirts. And to top off Arkady Babchenko’s staged murder, they even took him to th...
May 31, 2018
Trump mulls commuting Blagojevich's term, pardoning Stewart
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption, and pardoning lifestyle entrep...
May 31, 2018
Tom Cruise tweets as production starts on 'Top Gun' sequel
LOS ANGELES - Tom Cruise is back on the flight line for a sequel to the 1986 film “Top Gun.” The actor on Thursday tweeted a photo of himself as Navy pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitc...
May 31, 2018