Category Archives: World
Joe Jonas engaged to 'Game of Thrones' star Sophie Turner
Singer Joe Jonas is engaged to “Game of Thrones” star Sophie Turner. Turner and Jonas shared the same photo on Instagram on Sunday of her hand sporting a diamond ring and resting on top of...
Oct 16, 2017
Portugal wildfires kill at least 35; 4 dead in Spain
LISBON, Portugal - Late season wildfires that broke out over the weekend in Portugal have killed at least 35 people, including a 1-month-old infant, authorities said Monday, making 2017 by far the dea...
Oct 16, 2017
Bomb kills journalist who exposed Malta's ties to tax havens
VALLETTA, Malta - A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation’s links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her c...
Oct 16, 2017
New Orleans chief: Officer killed during struggle
NEW ORLEANS - A New Orleans police officer was fatally shot Friday during a struggle after he and his patrol team left their cars to investigate something suspicious shortly after midnight. Other offi...
Oct 16, 2017
Upstate NY venue slashes NYC Ballet's residency to 1 week
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The New York City Ballet’s summer residency in Saratoga Springs is being shortened - again. Elizabeth Sobol, president and CEO of Saratoga Performing Arts Center, told t...
Oct 16, 2017
Me Too: Alyssa Milano elevates Harvey Weinstein conversation
NEW YORK - Alyssa Milano was in bed with her two young children when a friend of a friend on Facebook suggested something that struck her as a great way to elevate the Harvey Weinstein conversation. S...
Oct 16, 2017
Vegas shooter's gambling draws new attention to video poker
LAS VEGAS - Authorities trying to piece together the final days before Stephen Paddock unleashed his arsenal of powerful firearms on country music fans on the Las Vegas Strip have at least one potenti...
Oct 06, 2017
House GOP eyes budget passage that is key to tax debate
WASHINGTON - Republicans are focused on cutting taxes instead of deficits as they look to power a $4.1 trillion budget plan through the House on Thursday. The 2018 House GOP budget promises deep cuts ...
Oct 06, 2017
Stolen baby photos, albums returned to mom years later
PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Candace Brooke Murray feared her precious memories were lost when her Florida home was burglarized and her children’s baby photos were stolen more than a decade ago. Everythi...
Oct 06, 2017
Las Vegas gunman may have scoped out other music festivals
LAS VEGAS - Investigators are looking into whether gunman Stephen Paddock scoped out bigger music festivals in Las Vegas and Chicago - and perhaps Boston’s Fenway Park - before setting up his pe...
Oct 06, 2017