Category Archives: World
'Dukes of Hazzard' star to face indecent assault charges
WALTHAM, Mass. - A former star of “The Dukes of Hazzard” accused of indecently assaulting two female members of a musical is facing a judge in Massachusetts. Tom Wopat will be arraigned Fr...
Nov 09, 2017
Pacific trade pact leaders due to meet on new deal
DANANG, Vietnam - Leaders of the countries participating in a Pacific Rim trade pact abandoned by President Donald Trump have agreed to meet and are expected to endorse a basic agreement on moving ahe...
Nov 09, 2017
China to ease curbs on foreign business in finance, autos
BEIJING - China will ease restrictions on foreign ownership stakes in the financial sector and reduce tariffs on automotive imports, a senior Chinese official said Friday, following criticism from the...
Nov 09, 2017
Attorney: O.J. Simpson banned from Las Vegas hotel-casino
LAS VEGAS - O.J. Simpson’s attorney says the former football star has been banned from The Cosmopolitan hotel-casino in Las Vegas. Attorney Malcolm LaVergne on Thursday told The Associated Press...
Nov 09, 2017
Fox's Smith avoids story covered heavily by colleagues
NEW YORK - While Fox News Channel has spent hours talking about Hillary Clinton and an Obama-era uranium deal in recent weeks, its news anchor Shepard Smith avoided the story entirely. Fresh evidence ...
Nov 09, 2017
Disney hopes for its next blockbuster in newest 'Star Wars'
NEW YORK - Disney’s $4 billion deal for Lucasfilm and “Star Wars” just keeps getting better for the House of Mouse. The company is banking on the latest installments, “The Last...
Nov 09, 2017
City clerk searching for owner of dentures left at polls
PORTLAND, Maine - A city clerk in Maine is looking for the owner of a set of dentures left behind in a polling booth. The Portland Press Herald reports the false teeth were discovered during Tuesday&#...
Nov 09, 2017
Doctor: Hernandez's brain was severely damaged by disease
BOSTON - Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez suffered substantial damage to parts of the brain that affect memory, judgment and behaviour from the most severe case of a degenerative dis...
Nov 09, 2017
How 1-year Trump rally stacks up against other presidents
Donald Trump warned that the stock market was a “big, fat, ugly bubble” just weeks before he was elected. A year later, Wall Street remains on a milestone-shattering run that the president...
Nov 09, 2017
In a race against time, Ridley Scott cuts out Kevin Spacey
NEW YORK - Hollywood director Ridley Scott’s madman feats of efficiency have long been legend. Now, he’s attempting what could be his greatest trick yet. He plans to cut Kevin Spacey out o...
Nov 09, 2017