Category Archives: CP_World
Officials plan to herd humpback whale out of channel
LONG BEACH, N.Y. - Officials say they will try to herd a wayward humpback whale that has been seen swimming in a Long Island channel back to the Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic Marine Conservation Society sc...
Nov 17, 2017
Model Gigi Hadid pulls out of Victoria's Secret China show
SHANGHAI - Supermodel Gigi Hadid says she will not be walking the Victoria’s Secret fashion show in Shanghai next week, a few months after Chinese internet users accused her of racist behaviour....
Nov 17, 2017
Billionaire Norwegian given $30,400 drunken driving fine
COPENHAGEN - A 22-year-old Norwegian student has been handed a 250,000-kroner ($30,400) fine for drunken driving - but can still count herself lucky. Katharina G. Andresen is reportedly Norway’s...
Nov 17, 2017
Moore targets female accusers as critics decry intimidation
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Ever defiant, Republican Roy Moore’s campaign on Thursday lashed out at the women accusing him of sexual misconduct, declaring “let the battle begin.” Women’...
Nov 16, 2017
Homeland official resigns after report of racial remarks
WASHINGTON - The director of the Homeland Security Department’s office of faith-based partnerships has resigned following a CNN report on racially inflammatory remarks he made before joining the...
Nov 16, 2017
Witness says he paid $160M in bribes to soccer officials
NEW YORK - A former marketing executive from Argentina testified Thursday at a U.S. trial that he and his company arranged to pay 30 soccer officials about $160 million in bribes over the course of se...
Nov 16, 2017
Comcast talking to Fox about a deal, source says
NEW YORK - Comcast is in discussions with 21st Century Fox about buying its movie studio, some cable channels and its international arms, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press...
Nov 16, 2017
Goods worth $400K stolen from Venus Williams' Florida home
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Burglars hit tennis star Venus Williams’ Florida home, stealing $400,000 worth of goods while she was at the U.S. Open, police said Thursday. The burglary happened betwee...
Nov 16, 2017
Ex-con, wife charged in carjack killing of Chinese student
SALT LAKE CITY - An ex-convict accused of gunning down a University of Utah student with a weapon stolen from a slain Colorado man was charged with aggravated murder, robbery and a dozen other counts ...
Nov 16, 2017
Account of AIDS crisis wins lucrative UK nonfiction prize
LONDON - American author David France has won Britain’s leading nonfiction literary award with a book about the activists who fought the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 90s. “How to Survive a...
Nov 16, 2017