Category Archives: World
Cosby lawyer attacks accuser as prosecutors build case
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby’s retrial took a far more combative turn Tuesday than the first go-round, as his lawyers launched a scathing attack on his accuser and prosecutors put the first in a...
Apr 10, 2018
Malaysia vote that could decide Najib's fate set for May 9
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Elections that could determine scandal-plagued Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s political fate were set Tuesday for May 9, an unusual workday vote with a shorter c...
Apr 09, 2018
Packers' Trevor Davis accused of making false bomb threat
LOS ANGELES - Police say Green Bay Packers wide receiver Trevor Davis was arrested after falsely claiming to have explosives while checking in for a flight at Los Angeles International Airport. Airpor...
Apr 09, 2018
China's president offers US possible trade concessions
BEIJING - President Xi Jinping promised Tuesday to cut China’s auto tariffs and improve intellectual property protection in possible concessions aimed at defusing a worsening dispute with Washin...
Apr 09, 2018
Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' to open in August
NEW YORK - Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” will open in theatres on the one-year anniversary of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, where white nationalists marched and a...
Apr 09, 2018
Naked and unafraid: Nude man jogs through Baltimore streets
BALTIMORE - With Baltimore temperatures hovering around 40 degrees Fahrenheit, a naked jogger may have pruned, but he certainly proved to be no prude. The Baltimore Sun reports that the sight of the n...
Apr 09, 2018
Box office Top 20: 'A Quiet Place' makes noise with $50.2M
NEW YORK - John Krasinski’s “A Quiet Place” blasted past expectations to notch the second-best debut of the year, opening with $50.2 million in ticket sales, according to final studi...
Apr 09, 2018
Analysis: Tax cuts, spending to raise deficit to $1T by 2020
WASHINGTON - The combined effect of President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and last month’s budget-busting spending bill is sending the federal deficit toward the $1 trillion mark next year, ac...
Apr 09, 2018
Indictment accuses Backpage founders of aiding prostitution
PHOENIX - Two founders of Backpage.com and five others who work for the classified advertising site have been indicted on federal charges in what authorities say was a scheme to knowingly facilitate p...
Apr 09, 2018
Asher and Alexie books among most objected to in 2017
NEW YORK - Before allegations of sexual harassment, Jay Asher and Sherman Alexie were facing criticisms of a different kind. Asher’s “Thirteen Reasons Why” and Alexie’s “...
Apr 09, 2018