Category Archives: World
Al-Qaida releases South African held in Mali after 6 years
JOHANNESBURG - Al-Qaida’s North Africa branch has freed a South African man who was held hostage for six years in Mali and he is now home, South Africa’s government announced Thursday, den...
Aug 03, 2017
Prague zoo: Quintuplet cheetah cubs doing well
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - The Prague Zoo says five cheetah cubs that were recently born in the park are doing well. The zoo said Thursday the quintuplets - three male and two female - have survived the...
Aug 03, 2017
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opening Lynn exhibit
NASHVILLE - The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is opening an exhibit on the life and career of Hall of Famer Loretta Lynn in Nashville. “Loretta Lynn: Blue Kentucky Girl” opens Aug....
Aug 03, 2017
Golden Globes group gives away $2.8 million in show proceeds
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - As the host of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual grants dinner, Chelsea Handler said she relished the chance to leave political talk aside for an evening o...
Aug 02, 2017
1980s soap 'Dynasty' returns on CW with circa-2017 mischief
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - A roundup of news from the Television Critics Association summer meeting, at which TV networks and streaming services are presenting details on upcoming programs. ___ A ‘...
Aug 02, 2017
BlackStar Film Festival to highlight themes of resistance
PHILADELPHIA - Filmmakers have joined the national conversation about race, policing and social protest, and will gather this week in Philadelphia to showcase stories of global struggle at the sixth a...
Aug 02, 2017
Another hot day scorches Northwest, affecting transit, games
PORTLAND, Ore. - People in the Pacific Northwest were enduring another scorching day Thursday as temperatures hit triple digits in Portland and other cities. The heat affected everything from transit ...
Aug 02, 2017
Prosecutors: S. Korean director investigated in abuse case
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korean prosecutors are investigating award-winning film director Kim Ki-duk after an actress accused him of hitting her and trying to force her into shooting off-scri...
Aug 02, 2017
1980s rapper Kidd Creole arrested in fatal stabbing
NEW YORK - One of the founding members of the 1980s hip hop group Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five has been arrested in New York in connection with the fatal stabbing of a homeless man. Police s...
Aug 02, 2017
No monsters here: officer helps girl search for boogiemen
For a year now, 4-year-old Sidney Fahrenbruch has wanted to be a police officer. She wears a specially sized police uniform and has brought officers candy on Halloween, pies at Thanksgiving and cookie...
Aug 02, 2017