Category Archives: World
Harvey Weinstein indicted on rape, criminal sex act charges
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein was indicted on rape and criminal sex act charges, furthering the first criminal case to arise from a slate of sexual misconduct allegations against the former movie mogul....
May 31, 2018
Ailing Thai beach made famous by Hollywood closes to tourism
MAYA BAY, Thailand - Once a pristine Thai paradise, the secluded bay made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie “The Beach” has been exhausted by mass tourism. Now it’s getting a bre...
May 31, 2018
Current lava flows are hottest, fastest of latest eruption
HONOLULU - The hottest and fastest-moving lava of Kilauea volcano’s latest eruption spread across new parts of the Big Island Wednesday, forcing officials to order evacuations in two coastal nei...
May 30, 2018
Judge sweeps clouds away for makers of R-rated puppet movie
NEW YORK - A judge in New York ruled Wednesday against the makers of “Sesame Street” in a dispute with the distributor of the upcoming Melissa McCarthy movie, “The Happytime Murders....
May 30, 2018
Wild card triumph: Little-known speller wins national bee
OXON HILL, Md. - Karthik Nemmani didn’t win his regional spelling bee. He didn’t even win his county spelling bee. But he was still good enough to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Th...
May 30, 2018
Trump tariffs on US allies draw retaliation threats
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration delivered a gut punch to America’s closest allies Thursday, imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum from Europe, Mexico and Canada in a move that drew immedi...
May 30, 2018
Judge tells Alabama to release lethal injection information
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama officials were ordered Wednesday to release information about the state’s lethal injection procedure as a federal judge granted news organizations’ request to un...
May 30, 2018
Correction: XGR-Medicaid Expansion story
RICHMOND, Va. - In a story May 30 about Virginia expanding Medicaid, The Associated Press misspelled the House Speaker Kirk Cox’s name. It is Kirk, not Kick. A corrected version of the story is ...
May 30, 2018
'Roseanne' finishes as most-watched comedy in last week
NEW YORK - “Roseanne” has finished its final episode in the same way the rebooted series began - as the top-watched television comedy. The series reached 10.58 million last Tuesday, second...
May 30, 2018
Iowa man accused in mother's death points to other suspects
KNOXVILLE, Iowa - An Iowa man is seeking to overturn a civil judgment finding him responsible for killing his mother, arguing Wednesday that new evidence suggests another suspect shot her during a far...
May 30, 2018