Category Archives: World
American Film Institute to fete Clooney for life achievement
NEW YORK - George Clooney will be the 46th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award. The American Film Institute announced Thursday it will honour the actor-director at a gala tribute in Los Angele...
Oct 06, 2017
GOP Rep. Murphy resigning after reports of affair
WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania, an anti-abortion lawmaker who allegedly urged his mistress to have an abortion when he thought she was pregnant, is resigning from Congress. Ho...
Oct 06, 2017
Geffen gives $150M for new galleries at LA County art museum
LOS ANGELES - Entertainment mogul David Geffen is donating $150 million for the construction of a new building of galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The museum along Wilshire Boulevard...
Oct 06, 2017
Burglar empties register, fills belly, makes clean getaway
HICKSVILLE, N.Y. - A burglar made a clean getaway from a Long Island restaurant after emptying the cash register, cooking a meal and washing the dishes. Will Colon tells Newsday (https://nwsdy.li/2z05...
Oct 06, 2017
Spain: No dialogue until Catalonia drops independence bid
MADRID - The spokesman for Spain’s government declared Friday that “coexistence is broken” in Catalonia, blaming separatist authorities in the wealthy northeastern region for pushing...
Oct 06, 2017
British novelist Ishiguro wins Nobel Literature Prize
NEW YORK - Kazuo Ishiguro, the Japanese-born British novelist who in “The Remains of the Day,” ”Never Let Me Go” and other novels captured memory’s lasting pain and dange...
Oct 06, 2017
Tom Petty in last interview: Working 'keeps me young'
LOS ANGELES - Tom Petty said in an interview days before his death that the just-concluded 40th anniversary tour with his band, the Heartbreakers, was the “big slap on the back we never got.R...
Oct 06, 2017
Is a new eclectic Nobel Literature winner on tap? Stay tuned
STOCKHOLM - After two consecutive years of unconventional choices for the Nobel Literature Prize, observers are wondering if the Swedish Academy’s adventurous streak will continue. Haruki Muraka...
Oct 06, 2017
Man faces fines after transporting exotic snakes to Vermont
MAIDSTONE, Vt. - A Connecticut man facing wildlife violations for bringing eastern hognose snakes to Vermont says he didn’t realize the snakes were not native to the state. The Vermont Departmen...
Oct 06, 2017
Catholic school demands apology from Nick Cannon for show
LAKEWOOD, N.J. - Comedian Nick Cannon says he won’t apologize for his performance during a New Jersey Catholic university’s homecoming weekend. The Asbury Park Press (http://on.app.com/2fT...
Oct 06, 2017