Category Archives: CP_World
Man pleads guilty in Chicago killing of Dwyane Wade's cousin
CHICAGO - One of two brothers charged in the Chicago fatal shooting of Miami Heat star Dwayne Wade’s cousin has pleaded guilty to murder. The Chicago Sun-Times reports Derren Sorrells entered th...
Jan 15, 2019
Parents charged after toddler dies from fentanyl poisoning
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. - A Detroit-area couple has been charged in the opioid overdose of their 18-month-old daughter who died on Christmas Day. Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith told the Detroit F...
Jan 15, 2019
ICC judges acquit former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Delivering a stinging defeat to prosecutors at the International Criminal Court, judges on Tuesday acquitted former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and former youth minis...
Jan 15, 2019
Zimbabwe military quells fuel price protests; several deaths
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s police and military patrolled the streets of the capital, Harare, Tuesday as a helicopter fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires on a sec...
Jan 15, 2019
Toddler OK after tumbling from moving vehicle
MANKATO, Minn. - Authorities in Minnesota say a 2-year-old child is OK after tumbling from the back seat of a moving vehicle while still strapped in a car seat. Dashcam video captured the moment the c...
Jan 15, 2019
California governor, lawmakers confront utility bankruptcy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The announcement by the nation’s largest utility that it is filing for bankruptcy puts Pacific Gas & Electric Co.’s problems squarely in the hands of Gov. Gavin Ne...
Jan 15, 2019
South Sudan pursues fragile peace, but people remain wary
KAJO KEJI COUNTY, South Sudan - South Sudan opposition commander Moses Lokujo flipped through his notes, explaining international humanitarian law to an attentive group of senior officers. “Sold...
Jan 15, 2019
Alicia Keys to host Grammy Awards next month
NEW YORK - Alicia Keys usually attends the Grammys, but this year she’ll be there as a host. The Recording Academy announced Tuesday that the R&B star will host the Feb. 10 show for the firs...
Jan 15, 2019
Broadway legend Carol Channing has died at age 97
NEW YORK - Carol Channing, the lanky, ebullient musical comedy star who delighted American audiences over almost 5,000 performances as the scheming Dolly Levi in “Hello, Dolly!” on Broadwa...
Jan 15, 2019
'Miracle' flight survivors mark decade of thankfulness
NEW YORK - It’s been 10 years, but there isn’t anything Tripp Harris doesn’t remember about the cold January day he cheated death on US Airways flight 1549. The jolt when the plane c...
Jan 15, 2019