Category Archives: World
Fatal shooting causes pandemonium in Tennessee mall
NASHVILLE - A fatal shooting set off pandemonium inside a mall in Nashville, Tennessee, provoking an outsized police response in the city where a gunman killed several people at a Waffle House less th...
May 03, 2018
Meek Mill, Gov. Wolf urge criminal justice reforms
PHILADELPHIA - Just one week after a court ordered his early release from prison, Philadelphia-born rapper Meek Mill joined Pennsylvania’s governor on Thursday in calling on state lawmakers to e...
May 03, 2018
Lawyer: Sandra Bullock's stalker kills self in LA standoff
LOS ANGELES - A man who killed himself during a standoff with Los Angeles police was convicted last year of breaking into Sandra Bullock’s home and stalking the Oscar-winning actress, his lawyer...
May 03, 2018
Ex-Wilmington Trust officials convicted of fraud, conspiracy
WILMINGTON, Del. - Four former executives for the only financial institution to be criminally charged in connection with the federal bank bailout program were convicted Thursday of fraud and conspirac...
May 03, 2018
Film Academy expels Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski
LOS ANGELES - The organization that bestows the Academy Awards announced Thursday that it has voted to expel two prominent members convicted of sexual offences, Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski, from its...
May 03, 2018
'Black Panther' leads MTV Movie & TV Awards nominations
LOS ANGELES - “Black Panther” will get its first shot at some awards show love as the top nominee at next month’s MTV Movie & TV Awards . The global smash hit garnered seven nomi...
May 03, 2018
North Dakota mom, 3 kids dead in apparent homicides, suicide
GRAND FORKS, N.D. - A mother and her three children were found dead Thursday inside a northeastern North Dakota home, and police said their deaths were apparent homicides and a suicide. Police said 35...
May 03, 2018
More women accuse Rose; some say they alerted CBS managers
NEW YORK - With 27 more women accusing former news anchor Charlie Rose of sexual misconduct, a report Thursday calls into question CBS News’ claims that his behaviour was a surprise before he wa...
May 03, 2018
'Brooklyn Bull' died shortly after arriving at sanctuary
WANTAGE TOWNSHIP, N.J. - A bull that drew national attention when it roamed through the streets of Brooklyn last fall after escaping from a slaughterhouse died shortly after it was taken to a New Jers...
May 03, 2018
Striking Arizona teachers end walkout, salary increases set
PHOENIX - The Arizona governor signed a plan Thursday to give striking teachers a 20 per cent pay raise, ending their six-day walkout after a dramatic all-night legislative session and sending a major...
May 03, 2018