Category Archives: World
Report: Simon Cowell taken to hospital after fall at home
LONDON - A British newspaper says entertainment mogul Simon Cowell has been hospitalized after a fall at his London home. The Sun says Cowell was taken from his house on a stretcher and wearing a neck...
Oct 27, 2017
Coroner: Son of former Fox News host died of mix of drugs
BOULDER, Colo. - Investigators in Colorado say the son of former Fox News host Eric Bolling died of a mix of cocaine and the painkiller fentanyl. The Boulder County coroner’s office said Thursda...
Oct 27, 2017
Oscar hopeful 'Foxtrot' locked in Israel's culture war
JERUSALEM - Israel’s contender for this year’s foreign-language Oscar has swept local film awards and scored high honours at the Venice Film Festival. But before it even hit the silver scr...
Oct 27, 2017
Art exhibit in Lebanon takes on civil war's old wounds
BEIRUT - Zena El Khalil’s art exhibit has tapped into wounds that are more than 40 years old in war-scarred Lebanon. “Sacred Catastrophe: Healing Lebanon” is being hosted in a landma...
Oct 27, 2017
Iraq halts troops tasked to retake land from Kurdish control
BAGHDAD - Iraq’s Prime Minister on Friday issued a 24-hour suspension of the movement of troops who are deployed in Iraq’s north to bring territory held by Kurdish forces back under federa...
Oct 27, 2017
Trump tweets happy birthday wishes to wrong Lee Greenwood
WASHINGTON - A “happy birthday” tweet from President Donald Trump to “God Bless the USA” singer Lee Greenwood went off course early Friday after Trump mentioned the wrong Twitt...
Oct 27, 2017
US economy shows resilience with 2nd straight solid quarter
WASHINGTON - Powered by businesses and consumers, the U.S. economy grew at a solid 3 annual pace last quarter despite two devastating hurricanes - evidence of economic durability and all but assuring ...
Oct 27, 2017
Probe of Ford Fusion steering wheels that may loosen, detach
DETROIT - U.S. regulators are investigating complaints that steering wheels can come loose or fall off in the Ford Fusion, a midsize sedan. A person in Georgia told the National Highway Traffic Safety...
Oct 27, 2017
Man sought in rape-murder of Ohio tot in custody
PITTSBURGH - A man wanted on charges he raped and killed a 13-month-old girl in Ohio is in custody in Pennsylvania. KDKA-TV reports Joshua Gurto was captured in Pittsburgh around 1:30 a.m. Friday and ...
Oct 27, 2017
Teacher accused of flipping Down syndrome student's desk
PENSACOLA, Fla. - A special-needs teacher has been charged with child cruelty in Florida after allegedly flipping a desk occupied by a Down syndrome student who doesn’t speak. The Pensacola News...
Oct 27, 2017