Category Archives: World

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX’s big new rocket blasted off Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red electric sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars. The Falcon Heavy rose f...

MALE, Maldives - Three Maldives Supreme Court justices on Tuesday annulled their own order to free a group of imprisoned opposition politicians after two of the court’s justices were arrested am...

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory - A former Palestinian intelligence chief and the head of the West Bank bar association are suing the Palestinian self-rule government after a purported whistleblower a...

PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby’s lawyers admitted Monday that they wrongly accused prosecutors in his criminal sexual-assault case of withholding evidence - an assertion seething prosecutors blasted ...

SAN FRANCISCO - An epic court battle between Uber and a Google spinoff, centred on the alleged theft of self-driving car technology, began with accusations of sinister plots and other devious behaviou...

LOS ANGELES - John Mahoney, who as the cranky, blue-collar dad in “Frasier” played counterpoint to pompous sons Frasier and Niles, has died. Mahoney was 77. The actor died Sunday in Chicag...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Film academy president John Bailey has welcomed this year’s Oscar nominees to the annual pre-show luncheon, playfully reminding guests to update their profiles on the ind...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Returning Academy Awards host Jimmy Kimmel has been poking fun at last year’s best picture mix up in promotional spots for this year’s Oscars, but it’s not a ...

LOS ANGELES - Detectives want to re-interview the 87-year-old widower of Natalie Wood, as new details emerge that could lead authorities to solve the mystery of the actress’s death nearly four d...

ATLANTA - A candidate for Georgia governor made his TV debut Sunday night by jumping into the deep end with a splashy 60-second Super Bowl ad . The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Republican Clay...