Category Archives: World
Mississippi probe of church arson advances amid secrecy
JACKSON, Miss. - A police chief in the Mississippi Delta says a “person of interest” is talking to investigators about the torching of an African-American church that was spray-painted wit...
Nov 02, 2016
Appeals court to revisit Arizona ballot-collection law
PHOENIX - A dramatically divided federal appeals court voted Wednesday to reconsider a ruling where a panel of its judges refused to block a new Arizona law making it a felony to collect early ballots...
Nov 02, 2016
US appeals court says Arizona precinct voting rule stands
PHOENIX - A federal appeals court panel rejected a challenge Wednesday night to an Arizona election law that throws out ballots cast by voters who go to the wrong precinct. The 2-1 opinion from a 9th ...
Nov 02, 2016
Nobel laureate Bob Dylan's artwork in major London show
LONDON - The timing couldn’t be better for Saturday’s opening of “The Beaten Path,” a major exhibit of Bob Dylan’s artworks at the Halcyon Gallery on London’s price...
Nov 02, 2016
Cosby lawyers say comedian is too blind to defend himself
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby’s eyesight has deteriorated to the point where he cannot identify his accusers in photographs or otherwise help with his defence, his lawyers said Wednesday as they ...
Nov 02, 2016
The Latest: Cosby hearing adjourned with no rulings
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - The Latest on Bill Cosby’s pretrial hearing in a sexual-assault case (all times local): 5 p.m. Bill Cosby’s pretrial hearing has been adjourned without any rulings. The j...
Nov 02, 2016
Obama worries black vote is not solid enough for Clinton
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - President Barack Obama twice generated a historic wave of African-American support on his way to the White House, but worries now the black vote “is not as solid as it needs ...
Nov 02, 2016
Cyndi Lauper hitting Philadelphia gay bars to get out vote
PHILADELPHIA - A 1980s pop star, a former governor, a senate hopeful and an actress walk into a gay bar - to encourage people to vote on Election Day. Cyndi Lauper and former “Will and GraceR...
Nov 02, 2016
US airlines expect Thanksgiving travel to rise 2.5 per cent
The nation’s leading airlines are confident they can handle higher Thanksgiving travel this year partly because more people have signed up for quick-screening programs that are designed to keep ...
Nov 02, 2016
'Zombies' in Rio groan, lurch at tourists along Copacabana
RIO DE JANEIRO - Hundreds of Brazilians dressed as zombies dragged their rotting limbs on Wednesday while groaning and playfully lurching at tourists along Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach. The...
Nov 02, 2016