Category Archives: CP_World
Kelsea Ballerini surprised with Grand Ole Opry invitation
NASHVILLE - Country singer Kelsea Ballerini got a musical surprise of a lifetime in the middle of a duet with Little Big Town when the vocal group changed up the lyrics to their hit “Girl Crush&...
Mar 06, 2019
Clash of 'Jeopardy!' titans ends with $1 million runaway win
LOS ANGELES - The first-ever “Jeopardy!” team championship came down to a clash of the titans, Ken Jennings vs. Brad Rutter. With $1 million at stake, a big Daily Double bet by Rutter posi...
Mar 06, 2019
Star of immigration film says detention feels like reprisal
MIAMI - An Argentine immigrant said his most recent detention feels like retaliation for starring in a new award-winning documentary about a group that infiltrated a for-profit detention centre to exp...
Mar 05, 2019
R. Kelly tells CBS 'I didn't do this stuff' in interview
CHICAGO - In his first interview since being charged with sexually abusing four people, including three underage girls, R. Kelly says he “didn’t do this stuff” and he’s fightin...
Mar 05, 2019
FDA allows treatment of depression with club drug's cousin
WASHINGTON - A mind-altering medication related to the club drug Special K won U.S. approval Tuesday for patients with hard-to-treat depression, the first in a series of long-overlooked substances bei...
Mar 05, 2019
FDA chief Scott Gottlieb steps down after nearly 2 years
WASHINGTON - Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is stepping down after nearly two years leading the agency’s response to a host of public health challenges, including the o...
Mar 05, 2019
Arizona prosecutor says Uber not criminally liable in crash
PRESCOTT, Ariz. - An Arizona prosecutor has determined that Uber is not criminally liable in a crash last year in which one of its self-driving SUVs fatally struck a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix. Bu...
Mar 05, 2019
Ex-NYC Mayor Bloomberg won't run for president in 2020
WASHINGTON - Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former New York City mayor, announced Tuesday that he will not join the crowded field of Democrats running for president in 2020. Instead, Bloomberg sai...
Mar 05, 2019
Holiday season defines winners and losers in retail
NEW YORK - The 2018 holiday season turned out to be a mixed bag for retailers, with some of them defying a gloomy government report in December that raised concerns that shoppers were hunkering down e...
Mar 05, 2019
'Brilliant' man who was an inventor of the calculator dies
DALLAS - Jerry Merryman, one of the inventors of the handheld electronic calculator who is described by those who knew him as not only brilliant but also kind with a good sense of humour, has died. He...
Mar 05, 2019