Category Archives: World
Sea otters rebound but struggle to regain historic range
MOSS LANDING, Calif. - While threatened southern sea otters bob and sun in the gentle waves of this central California estuary, wildlife experts up and down the West Coast are struggling to figure out...
May 16, 2018
When lava flows, a Hawaiian goddess' name is invoked
HONOLULU - In rural Hawaii neighbourhoods where lava from Kilauea volcano has burned down or threatened to consume the homes, a name often comes up: Pele (peh-leh). “You can’t really predi...
May 16, 2018
911 call: Guard felt 'threatened' before T.I.'s arrest
ATLANTA - A security guard said he felt threatened during an argument with the rapper T.I. that led to the Grammy-winning hip-hop artist’s arrest outside his gated community near Atlanta. In a 1...
May 16, 2018
For a prince's wedding, even the greenery has royal roots
WINDSOR, England - Even the foliage in the flower arrangements will have royal roots. Philippa Craddock, the London florist selected by Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to design the blooms for their we...
May 16, 2018
After assault tweets, Pauley Perrette of 'NCIS' thanks CBS
LOS ANGELES - Actress Pauley Perrette thanked CBS for its treatment of her, days after saying she suffered “multiple physical assaults” without describing them before leaving “NCIS&#...
May 16, 2018
Florida man charged with phoning bomb threat to mosque
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Florida man is facing federal charges that he phoned bomb threat messages into a mosque. Miami federal prosecutors said in a news release Wednesday that 26-year-old Dustin Al...
May 16, 2018
Tragedy hits and Spike Lee rewrites 'BlacKkKlansman'
CANNES, France - Spike Lee is holding court on the sunbaked rooftop terrace of the Cannes Film Festival hub, the Palais des Festivals, doing his best Peter O’Toole impression. A passionate cinep...
May 16, 2018
Independent candidate, ex-1st lady Zavala leaves Mexico race
MEXICO CITY - Mexican independent candidate and former first lady Margarita Zavala announced Wednesday she is dropping out of the country’s July 1 presidential race. Zavala had broken her longti...
May 16, 2018
Royal romances: A tolerant view of divorce marks new era
LONDON - Divorce has bedeviled Britain’s royal family for centuries. It has created problems not only when Prince Charles and Princess Diana ended their marriage in the most bitter fashion in 19...
May 16, 2018
Wedding of prince and actress brings outsized media interest
BERLIN - Like most everyone else with a taste for fairytales, Germans love the spectacle of a royal wedding. But since the country’s last emperor, Wilhelm II, was forced to abdicate in 1918, Ger...
May 16, 2018