Category Archives: World
Correction: Iran-Dual Nationals story
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - In a story Jan. 31 about Iran’s sentencing of an Iranian-American art dealer and his wife to prison, The Associated Press misspelled the wife’s last name. It ...
Jan 30, 2018
Ex-Mississippi Gov. Barbour arrested with gun at airport
JACKSON, Miss. - Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said he will pay a fine after being arrested with a loaded handgun in his briefcase as he went through an airport security checkpoint in early Ja...
Jan 30, 2018
Investigation: Arizona lawmaker broke sex harassment rules
PHOENIX - An Arizona House lawmaker violated the chamber’s sexual harassment policies and has been permanently removed from all committee assignments, the House speaker announced Tuesday. The mo...
Jan 30, 2018
3,200 dogs set to strut at Westminster show next month
NEW YORK - In the Year of the Dog, which one will have its day at the Westminster Kennel Club show? About 3,200 dogs are getting ready for America’s most prominent canine competition, set for Fe...
Jan 30, 2018
Artist Koons meets French minister over sculpture dispute
PARIS - American artist Jeff Koons met with the French culture minister Tuesday amid a debate over a monumental sculpture he plans to offer Paris as a memorial to victims of the 2015 terror attacks. T...
Jan 30, 2018
Meryl Streep, Debbie Harry named to New Jersey Hall of Fame
TRENTON, N.J. - Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, former New York Yankees pitcher Al Leiter (LY’-tur) and E Street Band member Steven Van Zandt are among the 20 newest members of the New Jersey...
Jan 30, 2018
Bill prompted by dismissal of Hernandez verdict after death
BOSTON - The prison death of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez is prompting lawmakers to revisit a centuries-old Massachusetts legal principle. Under a bill heard Tuesday by the Legislature’s Judi...
Jan 30, 2018
Eurovision winner Sobral shares post-transplant performance
LISBON, Portugal - Eurovision Song Contest winner Salvador Sobral has given fans a performance of sorts for the first time since his heart transplant. A video clip of the 28-year-old Portuguese singer...
Jan 30, 2018
DMX imprisoned as flight risk after positive drug test
NEW YORK - DMX was sent to prison Tuesday by a judge who said the rapper’s promises to obey bail conditions requiring drug treatment and travel with a counsellor were “a great big lie.R...
Jan 30, 2018
Actor Mark Salling dies weeks after child porn guilty plea
LOS ANGELES - Mark Salling, who played bad-boy Noah “Puck” Puckerman in the hit musical-comedy “Glee,” died of an apparent suicide Tuesday, weeks after pleading guilty to posse...
Jan 30, 2018