Category Archives: World
Syria: Local militants evacuate as Raqqa battle nears end
BEIRUT - The U.S.-led coalition and local officials said Saturday that Syrian Islamic State fighters and civilians will be allowed to evacuate Raqqa, a deal that signals the imminent capture of the ci...
Oct 16, 2017
Motion Picture Academy expels movie mogul Harvey Weinstein
LOS ANGELES - In a move virtually unprecedented, disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was revoked Saturday by its board. The dec...
Oct 16, 2017
Brown: JFK Jr.'s college application now for sale was stolen
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Brown University is not happy that the college application of John F. Kennedy Jr. is up for sale online for $85,000, saying it was stolen and the school wants it back. “We wer...
Oct 16, 2017
With museum exhibit, Laika seeks to boost Portland profile
PORTLAND, Ore. - None of Laika’s films takes place in Portland, but the animation studio says the city is in every scene you see on screen. Portland’s quirky, do-it-yourself vibe informs L...
Oct 16, 2017
Sheriff: 2 briefly escape Oklahoma jail to visit girlfriends
HUGO, Okla. - An Oklahoma sheriff says two inmates briefly escaped to visit their girlfriends and smoke marijuana and then walked back to the jail. Choctaw County Sheriff Terry Park tells The Oklahoma...
Oct 16, 2017
France's Audrey Azoulay wins vote to be next UNESCO chief
PARIS - UNESCO’s executive board on Friday chose former French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay to be the U.N. cultural agency’s next leader over a Qatari candidate in an unusually heated r...
Oct 16, 2017
2 employees dead in failed North Carolina prison breakout
RALEIGH, N.C. - Inmates at a North Carolina prison plotted an escape bid knowing they would have to hurt some prison employees, their disturbance ultimately leaving two workers dead and a dozen other ...
Oct 16, 2017
Canadian horse 'checks in' at pet-friendly Kentucky motel
A Kentucky motel’s pet-friendly policy was put to the test earlier this month when an Ontario woman checked her horse into a room on her way to a competition. Lindsey Partridge, of Kawartha Lake...
Oct 16, 2017
Weah maintains lead in Liberia election's early results
MONROVIA, Liberia - Former international soccer star George Weah maintained an early lead in Liberia’s election Friday as the West African nation released a second round of provisional results o...
Oct 16, 2017
Facing populism, world finance chiefs defend globalization
WASHINGTON - Global finance officials on Friday defended their efforts to promote free trade and closer international links against a rising ride of populism around the world and criticism from a Trum...
Oct 16, 2017