Category Archives: World
Comey considered a 'bad choice' for FBI post by Clinton aide
WASHINGTON - A senior aide to Hillary Clinton privately dismissed FBI Director James Comey as “a bad choice” in October 2015, according to newly released emails from WikiLeaks. The blunt a...
Nov 03, 2016
China's Wanda buys Dick Clark Productions for $1 billion
BEIJING - China’s Dalian Wanda Group has spent $1 billion to acquire Dick Clark Productions, the TV company that produces the “Miss America” pageant and the Golden Globe awards. Wand...
Nov 03, 2016
Paris Las Vegas resort crippled by accidental power-line cut
LAS VEGAS - A contractor knocked out power Thursday to a Las Vegas Strip resort, displacing thousands of guests and gamblers, trapping almost a dozen people in elevators for a time, and prompting a ro...
Nov 03, 2016
Turkey detains 11 pro-Kurdish MPs, including party co-chairs
ISTANBUL - Authorities in Turkey detained 11 pro-Kurdish lawmakers early Friday as part of ongoing terror-related investigations, including both party co-chairs and other senior officials, the Interio...
Nov 03, 2016
Military memorial, wildlife at odds in new Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a major turning point in World War II’s Pacific theatre. The remote atoll where thousands died is now a delicate sanctuary for millions of seabirds, and a new battle is ...
Nov 03, 2016
Susan Faludi wins $50,000 literary prize
NEW YORK - Susan Faludi’s memoir about her father and a fictional saga about a Southern family have won $50,000 prizes. Faludi’s “In the Darkroom” won the Kirkus Prize for nonf...
Nov 03, 2016
Chef Michael Chiarello arrested for DUI, drug possession
YOUNTVILLE, Calif. - Celebrity chef Michael Chiarello has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol and drug possession in Napa County. The California Highway Patrol says Ch...
Nov 03, 2016
Monitor: Drought ends in nearly one-fourth of California
SAN FRANCISCO - A heavy dousing of autumn rain in Northern California has lifted a quarter of the state out of drought, the highest percentage in more than three years, according to a new federal repo...
Nov 03, 2016
Trial ordered for suspect in California mayor pie protest
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A man charged with hitting Sacramento, California, Mayor Kevin Johnson in the face with a coconut cream pie has been ordered to stand trial on a charge of assaulting a public offi...
Nov 03, 2016
Clergy join Dakota Access pipeline protesters for ceremony
CANNON BALL, N.D. - Hundreds of clergy of various faiths joined protests Thursday against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in southern North Dakota, singing hymns, marching and ceremonially burning a co...
Nov 03, 2016