Category Archives: World
Judge dismisses Sandy Hook parents' lawsuit over security
HARTFORD, Conn. - A Connecticut judge has cited government immunity in dismissing a lawsuit by the parents of two children killed in the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre against the town and...
May 08, 2018
Russia's Duma approves new prime minister term for Medvedev
MOSCOW - Russia’s house of parliament has overwhelmingly approved Dmitry Medvedev for a new term as prime minister. Medvedev was nominated a day earlier by President Vladimir Putin, who was inau...
May 08, 2018
'Sherlock Holmes 3' coming to theatres Christmas 2020
LOS ANGELES - Nearly seven years after “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” hit theatres, Warner Bros. Pictures says a third installment of the “Sherlock Holmes” franchise is c...
May 08, 2018
Kirsten Dunst is a mom, actress has a baby boy
LOS ANGELES - Kirsten Dunst is a first-time mom. Her publicist says the 36-year-old actress and fiance Jesse Plemons had a healthy baby boy. No other details were released. Dunst and 30-year-old Plemo...
May 08, 2018
University of Cincinnati revokes Cosby's honorary degree
CINCINNATI - University of Cincinnati trustees have revoked Bill Cosby’s honorary degree. The trustees on Tuesday unanimously approved revoking Cosby’s 2001 honorary doctor of humane lette...
May 08, 2018
Google showcases AI advances at its big conference
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google put the spotlight on its artificial intelligence smarts at its annual developers conference Tuesday, where it announced new features and services imbued with machine lea...
May 08, 2018
Cannes Film Festival opens with focus on gender equality
CANNES, France - The 71st Cannes Film Festival was opening Tuesday with the premiere of Asghar Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows,” but the spotlight at the first post-Harvey Weinstein editi...
May 08, 2018
States await election security reviews as primaries heat up
With the midterm congressional primaries about to go into full swing, the Department of Homeland Security has completed security reviews of election systems in only about half the states that have req...
May 08, 2018
State Department: Giuliani not a spokesman on foreign policy
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration sought to distance itself from Rudy Giuliani’s dramatic public statements about Iran and North Korea, saying that President Donald Trump’s new lawyer ...
May 08, 2018
Trump considers benching Giuliani from doing TV interviews
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump is growing increasingly irritated with lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s frequently off-message media blitz, which has included muddying the waters on hush money paid to p...
May 08, 2018