Category Archives: CP_World
Some residents unaccounted for after huge senior centre fire
Authorities struggled on Friday to account for the whereabouts of all the residents of a Pennsylvania senior living community after a massive blaze tore through their complex during the middle of the ...
Nov 17, 2017
Ousted Caracas mayor flees house arrest, heads to Europe
CARACAS, Venezuela - Ousted Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma said he plans to take his fight against Venezuela’s socialist government to Europe after he escaped house arrest and fled to Colombia on...
Nov 17, 2017
Notorious Mafia 'boss of bosses' Toto Riina dead at 87
ROME - Cosa Nostra’s “boss of bosses,” who was serving 26 life sentences as the convicted mastermind of dozens of murders of rivals for power on his Sicilian turf as well as prominen...
Nov 17, 2017
NATO apologizes to Turkey over reports Erdogan shown as foe
ANKARA, Turkey - NATO’s secretary-general apologized to Turkey on Friday over military exercises in Norway during which Turkey’s founding leader, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and the current pre...
Nov 17, 2017
'Transparent' co-star alleges impropriety by Jeffrey Tambor
LOS ANGELES - An actress on “Transparent” says the show’s star Jeffrey Tambor pressed his body against hers in a sexually aggressive manner and made inappropriate and unwanted sexual...
Nov 17, 2017
Mugabe emerges from house arrest amid pressure to exit
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe emerged for the first time Friday from military-imposed house arrest, presiding at a university graduation ceremony in a fragile show of nor...
Nov 17, 2017
Franken apologizes to woman who says he kissed, groped her
WASHINGTON - Minnesota Sen. Al Franken personally apologized to the woman who has accused him of forcibly kissing her and groping her during a 2006 USO tour, saying he remembers their encounter differ...
Nov 17, 2017
'Cone Weed' gets Christmas makeover in North Carolina town
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. - At first, it was an orange traffic cone with a weed growing out of it. Now, the roadside attraction dubbed “Cone Weed” is something of a Christmas miracle to locals. W...
Nov 17, 2017
Lawsuit: Couple detained after hibiscus mistaken for pot
SARVER, Pa. - A couple who say they were handcuffed for hours in a police patrol car after their hibiscus plants were confused for marijuana are suing the police and an insurance company. Edward and A...
Nov 17, 2017
Tesla wants to electrify big trucks, adding to its ambitions
DETROIT - After more than a decade of making cars and SUVs - and, more recently, solar panels - Tesla Inc. wants to electrify a new type of vehicle: big trucks. The company unveiled its new electric s...
Nov 17, 2017