Category Archives: World
Actress: 'Macho' persecution followed 'El Chapo' meeting
MIAMI - Mexican actress Kate del Castillo said Monday that her involvement in actor Sean Penn’s interview with drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has cost her acting jobs and a R...
Jan 16, 2017

Turkey: Istanbul nightclub attacker confessed after capture
ISTANBUL - The accused perpetrator of a New Year’s nightclub attack in Istanbul has confessed and his fingerprints are a match, Turkish authorities said Tuesday. They identified him as an Uzbek ...
Jan 16, 2017

Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at 82
HOUSTON - Former astronaut Gene Cernan, who as the last person to walk on the moon returned to Earth with a message of “peace and hope for all mankind,” died on Monday, his family said. He...
Jan 16, 2017
Piano Guys say inaugural performance isn't Trump endorsement
NEW YORK - The Piano Guys are saying their decision to perform at an event marking the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump is not a political endorsement. The Utah-based group, which first found...
Jan 16, 2017

Bieito's manager: Met decision 'cruel and disappointing'
NEW YORK - The manager for Spanish director Calixto Bieito says the Metropolitan Opera’s decision to cancel his production of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” is “cruel and...
Jan 16, 2017

Prosecutor: Orlando gunman's widow knew about the attack
OAKLAND, Calif. - The widow of the Orlando nightclub gunman knew about the attack ahead of time and then hindered the criminal investigation when she lied to FBI agents after the shooting, prosecutors...
Jan 16, 2017

Impish, boyish looks permeate Milan's menswear runways
MILAN - Impish, boyish looks are permeating the Milan menswear runway this season, and the mood seems to be a search for a simpler past. Hooded parkas with contrasting colour panels, straight trousers...
Jan 16, 2017

As robots take jobs, Europeans mull free money for all
PARIS - I am, therefore I’m paid. The radical notion that governments should hand out free money to everyone - rich and poor, those who work and those who don’t - is slowly but surely gain...
Jan 16, 2017
UK leader Theresa May to appear in US Vogue magazine
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to appear in the American edition of Vogue magazine. May’s Downing Street office says the pictures for the April edition were shot by celebrity...
Jan 16, 2017
Springsteen cover band changes tune, won't play at gala
TRENTON, N.J. - A Bruce Springsteen cover band has changed its tune about performing at a Washington gala the day before Republican Donald Trump’s inauguration. The B Street Band decided to pull...
Jan 16, 2017