Category Archives: World
Billionaire Norwegian given $30,400 drunken driving fine
COPENHAGEN - A 22-year-old Norwegian student has been handed a 250,000-kroner ($30,400) fine for drunken driving - but can still count herself lucky. Katharina G. Andresen is reportedly Norway’s...
Nov 17, 2017
'Transparent' co-star alleges impropriety by Jeffrey Tambor
LOS ANGELES - An actress on “Transparent” says the show’s star Jeffrey Tambor pressed his body against hers in a sexually aggressive manner and made inappropriate and unwanted sexual...
Nov 16, 2017
Notorious Mafia 'boss of bosses' Toto Riina dead at 87
ROME - Cosa Nostra’s “boss of bosses,” who was serving 26 life sentences as the convicted mastermind of dozens of murders of rivals for power on his Sicilian turf as well as prominen...
Nov 16, 2017
Mugabe emerges from house arrest amid pressure to exit
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe emerged for the first time Friday from military-imposed house arrest, presiding at a university graduation ceremony in a fragile show of nor...
Nov 16, 2017
Meryl Streep says violent experiences changed her profoundly
NEW YORK - Meryl Streep says the two times in her life she dealt with violence were so profound it changed her “on a cellular level.” Streep made the remarks Wednesday at the Committee to ...
Nov 16, 2017
Homeland official resigns after report of racial remarks
WASHINGTON - The director of the Homeland Security Department’s office of faith-based partnerships has resigned following a CNN report on racially inflammatory remarks he made before joining the...
Nov 16, 2017
Comcast talking to Fox about a deal, source says
NEW YORK - Comcast is in discussions with 21st Century Fox about buying its movie studio, some cable channels and its international arms, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press...
Nov 16, 2017
Account of AIDS crisis wins lucrative UK nonfiction prize
LONDON - American author David France has won Britain’s leading nonfiction literary award with a book about the activists who fought the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 90s. “How to Survive a...
Nov 16, 2017
Trump reverses ban on importing elephants killed as trophies
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration said it will allow the importation of body parts from African elephants shot for sport, contending that encouraging wealthy big-game hunters to kill them will aid...
Nov 16, 2017
Ex-con, wife charged in carjack killing of Chinese student
SALT LAKE CITY - An ex-convict accused of gunning down a University of Utah student with a weapon stolen from a slain Colorado man was charged with aggravated murder, robbery and a dozen other counts ...
Nov 16, 2017