Category Archives: World
Emmy audience adores Parton, Fonda and Tomlin Emmy reunion
LOS ANGELES - The first standing ovation of the 69th annual Emmy Awards went not to a winner but to a trio of presenters - Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. The audience erupted in sustained c...
Sep 17, 2017
Mars research crew emerges after 8 months of isolation
HONOLULU - Six NASA-backed research subjects who have been cooped up in a Mars-like habitat on a remote Hawaii volcano since January emerged from isolation Sunday. They devoured fresh-picked tropical ...
Sep 17, 2017
Partial list of Emmy Award winners
Partial list of winners of the annual Emmy Awards, announced Sunday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Directing, Drama: Reed Morano, “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Supporting...
Sep 17, 2017
Politics and Sean Spicer take centre stage at Emmy Awards
NEW YORK - Weeks after leaving his job, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer was onstage at the Emmy Awards on Sunday joking about one of his first - and more dubious - claims from the press...
Sep 17, 2017
APExclusive: Chelsea Manning says she not a traitor
NANTUCKET, Mass. - Chelsea Manning said Sunday she is not an “American traitor” as her critics have claimed, and that she did what she thought was right. Manning made the remarks at a conf...
Sep 17, 2017
Emmys red carpet includes Issa Rae in revenge red
Tessa Thompson stunned in a bright, multicolored halter gown by Rosie Assoulin, Chris Sullivan represented in a dapper top hat, painted nails and purple bow tie while little Joe - Jeremy Maguire - fro...
Sep 17, 2017
The Latest: A bar - for engraving - is hit at Emmys ball
LOS ANGELES - The Latest on the Emmy Awards, presented Sunday in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theater (all times local): 9:50 p.m. The main attraction at the Governors Ball after the Emmy Awards is th...
Sep 17, 2017
'Veep' and 'The Handmaid's Tale' win top Emmy Award prizes
LOS ANGELES - The dystopian vision of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the deeply cynical Washington comedy “Veep” and the ever-topical “Saturday Night Live” won top se...
Sep 17, 2017
Scientists ask public to help track Hawaii green sea turtles
HONOLULU - Scientists are asking the public for help tracking green sea turtles as they return to Hawaiian islands after their nesting season. The sightings will help them identify where the marine ma...
Sep 17, 2017
Hard to spot: criminals find new ways to smuggle rhino horns
JOHANNESBURG - International traffickers have tried many ways to smuggle African rhino horns to Asia, concealing them inside wooden Buddha statues, stashing horn pieces in lobster heads kept in a refr...
Sep 17, 2017