Category Archives: World
Judy Martz, first female governor of Montana, dies at 74
HELENA, Mont. - Montana’s only female governor and lieutenant governor, whose fiscal success running the state was overshadowed by scandal and gaffes, has died. Judy Martz, who had been battling...
Oct 30, 2017
Merle Haggard museum, eatery planned in Nashville
NASHVILLE - A new Nashville attraction will be devoted to the music and memory of Merle Haggard. Bill and Shannon Miller will open the Merle Haggard Museum and Merle’s Meat + Three Saloon in sum...
Oct 30, 2017
Fats Domino tribute concert, parade planned for Wednesday
NEW ORLEANS - Trumpeter James Andrews says some of Fats Domino’s band members will be at a bar near Domino’s old New Orleans neighbourhood for a tribute this week. He said Monday that bari...
Oct 30, 2017
'House of Cards' cancelled as fallout continues for Spacey
NEW YORK - The fallout facing Kevin Spacey widened Monday following an accusation that he allegedly made sexual advances on a teen boy, with Netflix pulling the plug on his hit show “House of Ca...
Oct 30, 2017
Veteran, versatile ex-AP photographer 'Red' McLendon dies
LOS ANGELES - Lennox “Red” McLendon, a globe-trotting photographer who chronicled everything from the Vietnam War to the Academy Awards during a long career with the U.S. Navy and The Asso...
Oct 30, 2017
Polanski retrospective sparks protest in Paris
PARIS - French feminist groups on Monday staged a protest against a retrospective honouring director Roman Polanski at film institute La Cinematheque Francaise. A few dozen protesters gathered near th...
Oct 30, 2017
3 Prince heirs ask judge to remove estate administrator
CHJANHASSEN, Minn. - Three heirs of Prince are asking a judge to remove the company that is managing his estate. Sharon and Norrine Nelson, the late music superstar’s half sisters, and their bro...
Oct 30, 2017
The Latest: Manafort, Gates plead not guilty in Russia probe
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the investigation into possible co-ordination between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia (all times local): 2:10 p.m. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul ...
Oct 30, 2017
Once out of office, Christie to see Springsteen on Broadway
TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie knows what he’ll be doing on his first night out of office next year: Seeing Bruce Springsteen on Broadway. The term-limited Republican and avid Sp...
Oct 30, 2017
Governor OKs online gambling, more casinos in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Gov. Tom Wolf on Monday signed legislation authorizing a major expansion of gambling in what’s already the nation’s second-largest commercial casino state, as Pennsylvani...
Oct 30, 2017