Category Archives: CP_World
Thanksgiving tribe reclaims language lost to colonization
MASHPEE, Mass. - The Massachusetts tribe whose ancestors shared a Thanksgiving meal with the Pilgrims nearly 400 years ago is reclaiming its long-lost language, one schoolchild at a time. “Weeso...
Nov 21, 2017
CBS News, PBS cut ties with Charlie Rose following sex allegations
NEW YORK - CBS News and PBS both cut ties to Charlie Rose on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after several women who worked with him on his PBS interview show alleged a pattern of sexual misconduct, inclu...
Nov 21, 2017
Report: Weinstein paid $1M to accuser after 2015 case died
NEW YORK - Harvey Weinstein paid $1 million to silence an Italian model who accused him of groping her in 2015 after prosecutors decided not to charge him, and in the 1990s, his brother paid other acc...
Nov 21, 2017
Baron Cohen to pay fine for Czechs sporting Borat mankinis
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Comic actor Sacha Baron Cohen has offered to pay the fines for six Czech tourists who were reportedly detained by authorities in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana for dressing...
Nov 21, 2017
Syria in ruins but Assad's hold on power looks firm
BEIRUT - His nation is a smouldering ruin, much of it held by rival armed factions, domestic or foreign. Half the population is displaced, hundreds of thousands have died and much of the West regards ...
Nov 21, 2017
Iraqi officials: Bombing in contested town kills 32 people
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber detonated his pickup truck loaded with explosives, killing 32 people on Tuesday evening at a marketplace in an Iraqi town contested by both the central government in Baghdad...
Nov 21, 2017
Past SNL performers, staff sign statement supporting Franken
MINNEAPOLIS - A group of women who worked alongside Al Franken on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” have signed a statement of support for the Minnesota senator. Last week, broadcaster Lee...
Nov 21, 2017
Vatican, China exchange art amid stall in hard diplomacy
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican and China are planning a first-ever exchange of artworks for exhibits in China and the Vatican Museums, as the two states forge ahead with soft diplomacy amid a stalemate in...
Nov 21, 2017
Newborn, mother and grandmother all share same birthday
PRINCETON, N.J. - A New Jersey family won’t have trouble remembering three generations of birthdays. A newborn, his mother and grandmother were all born on Nov. 19. Grandmother Clara Gregory sai...
Nov 21, 2017
After death of 8th child, Ikea relaunches dresser recall
NEW YORK - Ikea relaunched a recall of 29 million chests and dressers Tuesday after the death of an eighth child. CEO Lars Petersson said Ikea wants to increase awareness of the recall campaign for se...
Nov 21, 2017