Category Archives: World
Threats to wife of Trump-like 'Caesar' play director probed
NEW YORK - Police are investigating threats made to the wife of the director of a New York production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” that depicted a Donald Trump lookalike characte...
Jun 21, 2017
Milwaukee mayor urges peaceful protest after ex-cop cleared
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee jury on Wednesday acquitted a former police officer in the on-duty shooting of a black man last year that ignited riots on the city’s north side. Jurors found that Domini...
Jun 21, 2017
Appeals court reinstates Terrence Howard's divorce judgment
LOS ANGELES - A California appeals court has reinstated Terrence Howard’s divorce judgment to his second wife after finding the actor was not coerced into signing it. A three-justice panel of th...
Jun 21, 2017
Wall Street Journal fires correspondent over ethics conflict
WASHINGTON - The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday fired its highly regarded chief foreign affairs correspondent after evidence emerged of his involvement in prospective commercial deals - including on...
Jun 21, 2017
Iraqis: IS blew up mosque in 'formal declaration of defeat'
MOSUL, Iraq - With their control of Mosul slipping away, Islamic State militants decided to send a message of defiance: They blew up the 12th century al-Nuri Mosque, along with its famous leaning mina...
Jun 21, 2017
Latest: Officials: Suspect a dual citizen of Canada, Tunisia
FLINT, Mich. - The Latest on the stabbing of a police officer at the Flint, Michigan, airport (all times local): 10:25 p.m. A published report says the man accused of stabbing a police officer at an a...
Jun 21, 2017
University of Missouri might revoke Cosby's honorary degree
COLUMBIA, Mo. - University of Missouri System President Mun Choi wants the university to rescind an honorary degree given to Bill Cosby nearly 20 years ago. The system’s Board of Curators will v...
Jun 21, 2017
Official: Oakland mayor bungled police sex misconduct probe
SAN FRANCISCO - From the mayor on down, a court-appointed investigator said Wednesday that Oakland city officials mishandled and downplayed sexual misconduct allegations about the city’s police ...
Jun 21, 2017
AP, Charlotte Observer seek access in church beating case
The Associated Press and the Charlotte Observer filed legal motions Wednesday to gain access to documents and lift a gag order in the case of a North Carolina minister accused of orchestrating the bea...
Jun 21, 2017
7 employees, 1 inmate injured in Florida prison disturbance
WEWAHITCHKA, Fla. - Seven staff members and one inmate have been injured during a “major disturbance” at a Florida prison. Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman Michelle Glady says...
Jun 21, 2017