Category Archives: CP_World
Atlanta school evacuated after pipe bursts, causing bang
ATLANTA - A pipe burst with a loud bang at an Atlanta elementary school early Wednesday, prompting officials to evacuate students, authorities said. Fire officials were called to Cleveland Avenue Elem...
Nov 15, 2017

Boy banned from high school dance competition in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS - Attorneys for a Wisconsin boy who wants to compete with his high school dance team have filed a federal civil rights complaint after the Minnesota State High School League barred him fro...
Nov 15, 2017
Viral video star looks to reunite with mystery dance partner
BORDENTOWN, N.J. - A New Jersey man is looking for the woman who busted a move while he danced in a supermarket parking lot. Nineteen-year-old Melvin Brown, of Bordentown, was captured on video by his...
Nov 15, 2017

Witness says soccer official was bribed for World Cup vote
NEW YORK - A powerful FIFA soccer official from Argentina demanded bribes to vote for Qatar to host the World Cup in 2022, a key witness at a U.S. trial testified. Former Argentine marketing executive...
Nov 15, 2017

Papa John's apologizes for criticizing NFL anthem protests
Papa John’s Pizza apologized Tuesday night for comments made by CEO John Schnatter blaming sluggish pizza sales on NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. The Louisville, Kentucky-based...
Nov 15, 2017
Father of Minnesota toddler who shot himself arrested
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Police in Minnesota say the father of a toddler who accidentally shot himself with his dad’s loaded handgun has been arrested in Montana. The 3-year-old boy survived the gunsh...
Nov 15, 2017

Sri Lanka official denies allegations of torture, rape
VANCOUVER - Sri Lanka’s defence secretary denied Tuesday that his country committed torture and rape of suspected rebels, as charged by more than 50 men of the island’s Tamil ethnic minori...
Nov 15, 2017

Trump asks whether UCLA players will thank him for release
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is asking whether three UCLA basketball players released from detention in China will thank him. Trump said he raised their case with China’s president when h...
Nov 15, 2017

Egypt bans singer after she mocks the Nile
CAIRO - A famous Arab singer has been banned from performing in her native Egypt after advising a fan against drinking from the Nile River, leaders of the local musicians union said Wednesday. A video...
Nov 15, 2017

Who's in charge in Zimbabwe? Here are the leading players
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Who’s in charge in Zimbabwe? What just happened? Here’s a look at the players in a fast-moving political drama that has President Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest...
Nov 15, 2017