Category Archives: World
Ex-president who signed accord ending Guatemala's war dies
GUATEMALA CITY - Former Guatemalan President Alvaro Arzu, who signed the 1996 peace accord ending the country’s civil war and later became mayor of the capital, died Friday. He was 72. Arzu was ...
Apr 27, 2018
AP Explains: A look at DNA-sharing services and privacy
NEW YORK - The use of a genealogy website to track down a suspected California serial killer illustrates both the extraordinary power of DNA-sharing services and the broad privacy concerns that surrou...
Apr 27, 2018
Judge agrees to delay Stormy Daniels' lawsuit against Trump
LOS ANGELES - A judge on Friday delayed a civil lawsuit by porn actress Stormy Daniels against President Donald Trump and his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, citing a criminal investigation the attorn...
Apr 27, 2018
Cosby verdict met with conflicting emotions by some blacks
PHILADELPHIA - It is difficult to overstate the pride, admiration and sense of ownership many black Americans felt watching Bill Cosby at the height of his career in the 1980s and ’90s. As Dr. C...
Apr 27, 2018
Hotel official: No witness accounts of Copperfield show fall
LAS VEGAS - A hotel official told a jury Friday that he doesn’t know why an incident report about a British tourist’s fall while taking part in a David Copperfield illusion at a Las Vegas ...
Apr 27, 2018
Pennsylvania lawmaker resigns after sexual harassment charge
WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania Republican who used taxpayer money to settle a former aide’s sexual harassment charges has abruptly resigned from Congress. Congressman Patrick Meehan had already dec...
Apr 27, 2018
Public face no more: Temple rescinds Cosby's honorary degree
PHILADELPHIA - Temple University, where Bill Cosby long served as a leading public face and key fundraiser, said Friday it will rescind the honorary doctorate it awarded to the comedian in 1991 becaus...
Apr 27, 2018
Theater subscription service MoviePass tightens plans
SAN FRANCISCO - MoviePass, a startup that lets customers watch a movie a day at theatres for just $10 a month, is limiting new customers to just four movies a month. The move comes as the sustainabili...
Apr 27, 2018
Jazz Fest: Opening joy tempered by the loss of a Neville
NEW ORLEANS - The 49th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival opened Friday - a sun-drenched affair where the joy was tempered only by news of the death of a New Orleans music idol. Charles N...
Apr 27, 2018
Judge tosses Manafort civil suit challenging special counsel
WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Washington on Friday threw out a civil lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman that sought to challenge the authority of the special ...
Apr 27, 2018