Category Archives: World
Former ESPN on-air personality files sex harassment lawsuit
HARTFORD, Conn. - A former on-air personality at ESPN has filed a lawsuit alleging she was subjected to sexual harassment at the cable television sports giant and then ostracized for complaining about...
Mar 06, 2018

Promoter of failed Fyre Festival pleads guilty to fraud
NEW YORK - The promoter of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas - once billed as the “cultural experience of the decade” - pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges Tuesday, agreeing to serv...
Mar 06, 2018

Once a rising star, Nashville ex-mayor freefalls with affair
NASHIVILLE, Tenn. - Before her sudden fall, former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry was a progressive, pro-business rising star among Tennessee’s struggling Democrats in a firmly red state. She offic...
Mar 06, 2018

Chanel caps Paris with ode to fall; stars out at Vuitton
PARIS - VIP guests at Paris Fashion Week left the urban bustle at the door Tuesday as they entered Paris’ Grand Palais to discover a giant indoor forest complete with dewy scents and rustling dr...
Mar 06, 2018
Egypt detains 6 over play seen as insult to security forces
CAIRO - Egyptian officials say six people have been arrested for their involvement in a play seen as insulting to security forces. They said Tuesday that the playwright, director and officials of the ...
Mar 06, 2018
Trump on Korean news: Could be 'progress' or 'false hope'
WASHINGTON - A cautious President Donald Trump spoke of possible progress Tuesday after South Korea announced that North Korea would halt nuclear weapons and missile tests and put its entire atomic ar...
Mar 06, 2018

Renzi lashes out, seeks to stem Democrat support for 5-Stars
ROME - The former Italian premier, Matteo Renzi, has challenged members of his defeated Democrats to publicly declare if they’ll support the 5-Star Movement, throwing down the gauntlet as he tri...
Mar 06, 2018

Trump economic aide Cohn departs after trade disagreement
WASHINGTON - Top economic adviser Gary Cohn is leaving the White House after breaking with President Donald Trump on trade policy, the latest in a string of high-level departures from the West Wing. C...
Mar 06, 2018

UN probe: Russia behind deadly airstrike on Syrian market
GENEVA - U.N. war crimes investigators said Tuesday that a Russian plane was apparently behind an airstrike in November on a Syrian market that killed 84 people, an attack which could amount to a war ...
Mar 06, 2018

US greets talk of NK nuke concessions with hope, skepticism
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump greeted North Korea’s reported willingness to negotiate away its atomic weapons with both hope and skepticism Tuesday, insisting a potential diplomatic breakt...
Mar 06, 2018