Category Archives: CP_World
Retired justice 'so disappointed' to be kept off jury
BOSTON - She was impartial enough to serve as a justice on the highest court in Massachusetts, but apparently that wasn’t enough for Geraldine Hines to be named a juror in a murder trial. The 70...
Dec 07, 2017
Super big black hole from early universe farthest ever found
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronomers have discovered a super-size black hole harkening back to almost the dawn of creation. It’s the farthest black hole ever found. A team led by the Carnegie Obse...
Dec 07, 2017
Gay man denied marriage license hopes to unseat county clerk
MOREHEAD, Ky. - David Ermold returned to the Rowan County courthouse Wednesday, nearly two years after Clerk Kim Davis refused to give him a marriage license because he was gay. Only this time, he did...
Dec 07, 2017
Powerful allies moulded Trump's view on Jerusalem
WASHINGTON - Nearly two years ago, novice presidential candidate Donald Trump was booed by a group of influential Jewish Republicans when he punted a question about whether he backed Jerusalem as Isra...
Dec 07, 2017
Queen Elizabeth commissions aircraft carrier with her name
LONDON - Queen Elizabeth II has attended the commissioning ceremony of Britain’s new aircraft carrier, which is named after the monarch. The 91-year-old queen boarded the Royal Navy’s newe...
Dec 07, 2017
Ex-DJ says $1 payment to Taylor Swift sent by mail last week
DENVER - A former radio DJ who was ordered to pay a symbolic $1 to Taylor Swift for groping her at a photo op says he mailed her a Sacagawea coin last week. David Mueller provided a letter to The Asso...
Dec 07, 2017
Locals upset with 'Village of the Damned' TV series
DRYDEN, N.Y. - Residents and officials in a picturesque upstate New York town aren’t pleased with the way their community is portrayed in a cable television series titled “Village of the D...
Dec 07, 2017
Qatar signs on to buy 12 Rafale fighter jets from France
DOHA, Qatar - Qatar’s ruling emir and French President Emmanuel Macron signed 12 billion euros ($14 billion) in deals during the French president’s visit to Doha on Thursday, including the...
Dec 07, 2017
Judge postpones sentencing of Hong Kong democracy activist
HONG KONG - A judge put off sentencing Thursday for young Hong Kong democracy leader Joshua Wong in a contempt case stemming from 2014 protests in the semiautonomous Chinese city. The 21-year-old Wong...
Dec 07, 2017
Prosecutors seek prison term for ex-Miss Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkish prosecutors are seeking a maximum one year prison term for a former beauty queen who was stripped of her crown over a social media posting deemed to be “insulting”...
Dec 07, 2017