Category Archives: World
Papua New Guinea quake killed at least 15, injured dozens
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A powerful earthquake this week killed at least 15 people, injured dozens and brought work to a halt at four oil and gas fields in a remote Papua New Guinea region, the local...
Feb 27, 2018
Car vandalism culprit? Evidence points to unidentified bear
SONTAG, Miss. - Stealing a picnic basket is one thing. Mauling a car is quite another. A Mississippi wildlife department biologist says a bear attacked a woman’s car Friday in the Sontag communi...
Feb 27, 2018

Woman tells police Steve Wynn raped her in '70s
LAS VEGAS - A woman told police she had a child with casino mogul Steve Wynn after he raped her, while another reported she was forced to resign from a Las Vegas job after she refused to have sex with...
Feb 27, 2018

Prime time Olympics coverage drops 7 per cent from Sochi
NEW YORK - NBC finished the Pyeongchang Olympics by averaging just under 20 million viewers with its prime time coverage on the network, NBCSN cable and live streaming. That represented a 7 per cent d...
Feb 27, 2018
Mobster linked to art heist released in gun case
HARTFORD, Conn. - A mobster who authorities believe is the last surviving person of interest in the largest art heist in history has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison in an unrelated weapons cas...
Feb 27, 2018
Judge sides with Trump on challenge to Mexico border wall
SAN DIEGO - A judge who was taunted by Donald Trump during the presidential campaign sided with the president Tuesday on a challenge to building a border wall with Mexico, removing what could have bee...
Feb 27, 2018

California's Malibu Beach bans plastic cutlery, straws
LOS ANGELES - It’s the last straw for the California beachside city of Malibu. The City Council has banned all plastic cutlery and straws, citing concerns over keeping its famous beaches clean a...
Feb 27, 2018
Kevin Spacey Foundation in UK 'no longer viable,' shuts down
LONDON - The Kevin Spacey Foundation U.K. has decided to shut down because of the multiple allegations of sexual harassment against the Academy Award winning actor. The foundation said on its website ...
Feb 27, 2018

Trump names campaign manager for re-election bid
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump never stopped campaigning after winning the White House, and now he’s making fresh moves to establish his re-election effort. The president on Tuesday named f...
Feb 27, 2018

Lewinsky calls Clinton affair a 'gross abuse of power'
NEW YORK - Monica Lewinsky says the affair that led to impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton “was not sexual assault” but “constituted a gross abuse of power.”...
Feb 27, 2018