Category Archives: World
Neville Brothers saxophonist Charles Neville dead at 79
New Orleans-born saxophone player Charles Neville, who once backed up B.B. King and later gained fame with the Neville Brothers band and their rollicking blend of funk, jazz and rhythm and blues, has ...
Apr 26, 2018
Tom Brokaw denies sexual misconduct claim by ex-NBC reporter
NEW YORK - A woman who worked as a war correspondent for NBC News said Tom Brokaw groped her, twice tried to forcibly kiss her and made inappropriate overtures attempting to have an affair, according ...
Apr 26, 2018
Thousands protest brutal killings of 3 Mexican film students
MEXICO CITY - Thousands of people gathered in Mexico’s second-largest city Thursday to protest the deaths of three film students who were killed and dissolved in acid in a case that has highligh...
Apr 26, 2018
FBI says it warned White House about Rob Porter in March '17
WASHINGTON - The FBI first flagged “derogatory information” about Rob Porter, one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides, to the White House counsel’s office in March 2017, ...
Apr 26, 2018
Notre Dame rescinds 1990 honorary degree given to Cosby
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The University of Notre Dame says it has rescinded the honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby in 1990. The university announced the move Thursday after a Pennsylvania jury found the ...
Apr 26, 2018
Kent Jones' 'Diane' takes top award at Tribeca
NEW YORK - Kent Jones’ intimate drama “Diane” landed a leading three awards at the 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival, including best narrative feature. “Diane” stars 70-y...
Apr 26, 2018
Arkansas judge blocks state's revived voter ID law
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas judge on Thursday blocked a voter ID law that’s nearly identical to a measure the state’s highest court found unconstitutional about four years ago. Pulaski...
Apr 26, 2018
Temple University reconsidering Bill Cosby's honorary degree
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby long served as a leading public face and a key fundraiser for Philadelphia’s Temple University, but his alma mater said Thursday it will reconsider an honorary degree a...
Apr 26, 2018
US seeks to extradite 'El Chapo' case suspect from Caribbean
MIAMI - A Canadian known as “Russian Mike” who has been charged in the drug trafficking case involving notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman sought Thursday to ...
Apr 26, 2018
Reaction to the guilty verdicts for Bill Cosby
Reaction to Bill Cosby’s conviction on charges he drugged and molested a woman at his suburban Philadelphia mansion in the first big celebrity trial of the #MeToo era: “Cosby is guilty. I&...
Apr 26, 2018