Category Archives: World
US university's 42nd list of words it would like to banish
Lake Superior State University’s 42nd annual list of words nominated for banishment by members of the public: - Bte noire - Bigly - Dadbod - Disruption - Echo chamber - 831 - Focus - Frankenfrui...
Dec 31, 2016
Trump's praise of Putin could signal a new day for US policy
HONOLULU - Moscow is hoping Donald Trump will reconsider the sanctions the U.S. is levying in response to its finding of election hacking, a wait-and-see strategy bolstered by the American president-e...
Dec 31, 2016
2 dead, 2 injured in shooting after Meek Mill concert
WALLINGFORD, Conn. - Police say two are dead and two injured after a shooting outside a Connecticut theatre late Friday night following a concert. A Wallingford police spokeswoman tells the Record Jou...
Dec 31, 2016
Revelers say hello to 2017, goodbye to a year of conflicts
As 2016 draws to a close, revelers around the world are bidding a weary adieu to a year filled with political surprises, prolonged conflicts, deadly attacks at gatherings and deaths of legendary celeb...
Dec 31, 2016
They loved her and she knows: Mardi Gras krewe honours Fisher
NEW ORLEANS - Their hair wrapped in side buns, wielding lightsabers and dressed as everything from Wookiees to stormtroopers, thousands of people turned out to honour Carrie Fisher, the actress famous...
Dec 31, 2016
IS claims Baghdad suicide bombings that killed 28
BAGHDAD - A pair of suicide bombings minutes apart hit a central Baghdad market on Saturday, killing 28 people and wounding at least 54, prompting security forces to ban traffic from key streets at th...
Dec 31, 2016
Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher to be buried together
LOS ANGELES - Debbie Reynolds’ son said Friday his mother and sister, actress Carrie Fisher, will have a joint funeral and will be buried together. Todd Fisher said the actresses will be buried ...
Dec 30, 2016
Mark Rylance, Victoria Beckham on Queen's list for honours
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year honours list focuses on sports stars, some luminaries from the world of fashion and entertainment, and a heavy helping of researchers, doctors and voluntee...
Dec 30, 2016
Ex-head of Jared Fogle's charity seeks sentence review
INDIANAPOLIS - A man who led former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle’s anti-obesity charity wants his sentence for child exploitation and child pornography vacated or modified. Russell Taylor was sen...
Dec 30, 2016
Court reinstates Kennedy cousin Skakel's murder conviction
HARTFORD, Conn. - Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel faces a possible return to prison after the state Supreme Court reinstated his murder conviction in the killing of Martha Moxley in 1975 when they were ...
Dec 30, 2016