Category Archives: CP_World
Dress Monroe wore to announce DiMaggio split to be auctioned
LOS ANGELES - The black dress that a distraught Marilyn Monroe wore to a 1954 press conference announcing her separation from baseball legend Joe DiMaggio less than a year after she married him is goi...
Feb 06, 2019
EU nixes deal to create rail giant able to stand up to China
BRUSSELS - European Union authorities on Wednesday blocked a deal to create a rail giant that could compete with China, angering France and Germany so much that they vowed to change the way the EU ove...
Feb 06, 2019
Fiat Chrysler recalls over 660K trucks worldwide; steering could fail
DETROIT - Fiat Chrysler is recalling over 660,000 heavy-duty trucks worldwide because a loose nut can cause a loss of steering control. The recall covers Ram 3500 pickups from 2013 through 2017, as we...
Feb 06, 2019
Case against 7 of 10 in German Love Parade trial dropped
BERLIN - German prosecutors have dropped their case against seven of 10 defendants on trial over a deadly mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival in 2010 in which 21 people died. The dpa n...
Feb 06, 2019
Jennifer Lawrence is engaged to boyfriend Cooke Maroney
LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Lawrence is engaged to boyfriend Cooke Maroney. Her publicist confirmed Wednesday the 28-year-old Academy Award winner’s engagement, but did not provide additional details...
Feb 06, 2019
Torture still scars Iranians 40 years after revolution
TEHRAN, Iran - The halls of the former prison in the heart of Iran’s capital now are hushed, befitting the sounds of the museum that it has become. Wax mannequins silently portray the horrific a...
Feb 06, 2019
Women in white: Democrats draw contrast at Trump's address
WASHINGTON - The women of the House wore white. The men wore dark suits. And the contrast laid bare the growing gender gap between Democrats and Republicans. Wearing the colour of the suffragists, the...
Feb 06, 2019
Analysis: Is Kim Jong Un really ready to make a deal?
TOKYO - President Donald Trump used his biggest stage of the year to announce he will hold his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump announced during his State of the Union address...
Feb 06, 2019
Analysis: Wary of probes, Trump aims at 2020 with Dem offer
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address had a proposition for Democrats: Set aside investigations and make deals instead. “If there is going to be peace and legisl...
Feb 06, 2019
High-level detainee accuses Kenya, South Sudan of kidnapping
JUBA, South Sudan - “I was terrified … I knew that I was heading for a terrible situation.” For the first time, the spokesman for South Sudan’s armed opposition leader has spok...
Feb 06, 2019