Category Archives: World
DMX faces the music: serenaded by judge, gets year in prison
NEW YORK - A judge heard a DMX rap song before adding his own lyrics to a court proceeding on Wednesday, ordering the rapper imprisoned for a year in a tax fraud case. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff t...
Mar 28, 2018
Shed a tear: Artist shutting down gigantic eye projection
CONCORD, N.H. - An artist who projected an image of a gigantic eye gazing over Main Street in New Hampshire’s capital city is shutting it down after two years. Artist Tom Devaney created the pro...
Mar 28, 2018
Man to be sentenced for University of Hawaii concert scam
HONOLULU - A North Carolina man who prosecutors say scammed the University of Hawaii out of $200,000 by lying about his ability to secure Stevie Wonder for a fundraiser concert will be sentenced Wedne...
Mar 28, 2018
Actor Corey Feldman says he was attacked and stabbed
Los Angeles police on Wednesday were investigating an alleged attack on actor Corey Feldman, who tweeted that he was hospitalized after being stabbed. A passenger in Feldman’s vehicle shined a f...
Mar 28, 2018
Cynthia Nixon calls public housing conditions 'devastating'
NEW YORK - Actress and gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon has visited a New York City public housing high-rise where she says conditions are “devastating.” Nixon toured the Albany House...
Mar 28, 2018
Man convicted in deaths tied to 'Real Housewives' guest star
PATERSON, N.J. - A man charged in a double homicide involving a burning car owned by a woman who often appeared on “Real Housewives of New Jersey” has been convicted. Gerry Thomas and his ...
Mar 28, 2018
Fight leads to San Francisco hit-run that kills 1, hurts 4
SAN FRANCISCO - A driver struck five men with his car and fled Wednesday after a fight in a waterfront area of San Francisco, killing one and leaving three others with serious injuries, police and hos...
Mar 28, 2018
Girls can apply to take New Hampshire governor's job for day
CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire middle and high school girls have been invited to apply to take Republican Gov. Chris Sununu’s (soo-NOO’-nooz) job for a day. Sununu on Wednesday announced th...
Mar 28, 2018
Ecuador cuts WikiLeaks founder Assange's internet at embassy
QUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador’s government said Wednesday it has cut off WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s internet connection at the nation’s London embassy after his recent activity on...
Mar 28, 2018
Walmart removes Cosmopolitan magazine from U.S. checkout aisles
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Walmart says it was a business decision to remove Cosmopolitan magazine from its U.S. checkout aisles, but some groups have raised concerns about the sexual content of the publicat...
Mar 28, 2018