Category Archives: World
Sydney swelters through hottest December night in 148 years
SYDNEY, Australia - Sydney residents sweltered through the city’s second hottest night on record and its hottest December night in 148 years, with many cooling off at beaches long after dark. A ...
Dec 13, 2016
Sexy Beaches? Florida lawmaker in suit over Pitbull contract
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Saying taxpayers have a right to know how much Pitbull has been paid to promote Florida tourism with the help of his song “Sexy Beaches,” a top state lawmaker filed a l...
Dec 13, 2016
'Growing Pains' star and TV host Alan Thicke dies at age 69
Alan Thicke, a versatile performer who gained his greatest renown as the beloved dad on a long-running sitcom, has died at age 69. Carleen Donovan, who is a publicist for Thicke’s son, singer Ro...
Dec 13, 2016
Oscar winner shields Bergdahl interviews from US lawyers
LOS ANGELES - The federal government dropped its efforts to seize hours of unaired interviews an Oscar-winning screenwriter recorded with Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, his lawyer said Tuesday. Mark Boal ha...
Dec 13, 2016
Police: Officer fatally shoots gunman near Baltimore campus
BALTIMORE - A police officer at Coppin State University in Baltimore shot and killed a man who had just fired at a moving car near that campus Tuesday evening, authorities said. The suspected shooter ...
Dec 13, 2016
Lab coats vs. climate change: Scientists rally for research
SAN FRANCISCO - Scientists in lab coats hoisting signs saying “Ice has no agenda, it just melts” have rallied in San Francisco to defend climate-change research ahead of a skeptical Trump ...
Dec 13, 2016
Dolly Parton gives support to wildfire victims, 'my people'
NASHVILLE - Country music icon Dolly Parton’s home and businesses in East Tennessee were spared from deadly wildfires last month, but she’s pitching in to help her neighbours recover from ...
Dec 13, 2016
San Francisco Symphony nixes Chapel Hill concerts due to HB2
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The San Francisco Symphony says it has cancelled two scheduled appearances next spring at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill because of a state law limiting LGBT prote...
Dec 13, 2016
Trump invites Senate clash with Tillerson State nomination
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is inviting a clash in the narrowly divided Senate by choosing Rex Tillerson for secretary of State in the face of well-publicized concerns from several GOP senators over the...
Dec 13, 2016
Mexico finds 2 border tunnels leading from Tijuana into US
MEXICO CITY - Mexican police and soldiers have discovered two clandestine tunnels in the border city of Tijuana that officials believe were built to smuggle drugs into California. The tunnels were fou...
Dec 13, 2016