Category Archives: World

NEW YORK - One of the nation’s biggest homebuilders is putting its top executive on notice after a vulgar rant against comedian Kathy Griffin was caught on tape and went viral. KB Home CEO Jeffr...

MOSCOW - Russian police say they have detained four people suspected of an arson attack linked to a movie about the last Russian czar’s affair with a ballerina. “Matilda,” which is s...

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Original Kiss members Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley have reunited for their first public appearance since their group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. But unl...

NEWARK, N.J. - New Jersey native and former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal is backing Democrat Phil Murphy in this year’s contest to succeed Republican Gov. Chris Christie. Murphy campaign spok...

NEW YORK - The Pulitzer Prize and numerous other awards didn’t prepare Annie Proulx for her latest honour: a National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement. “I was astonished when firs...

LOS ANGELES - A 12-year-old singing ventriloquist is getting a $1 million prize and her own Las Vegas show after taking the “America’s Got Talent” crown on the season 12 finale of th...

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory - After more than two decades of failures, Palestinians are increasingly questioning their leaders’ strategy of reaching statehood through negotiations with Israe...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - When Rohingya Muslims fled persecution and slaughter in Myanmar in past decades, tens of thousands found refuge in Saudi Arabia, home to Islam’s holiest sites. This...

WASHINGTON - In the middle of Donald Trump’s presidential run, then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort said he was willing to provide “private briefings” about the campaign to a Russian...

WASHINGTON - The Securities and Exchange Commission waited until Wednesday to disclose a hack of its corporate filing system that occurred last year. The disclosure raises questions about the agency&#...