Category Archives: World
Vivien Leigh's 'Gone With the Wind' script up for auction
LONDON - Vivien Leigh’s copy of the “Gone With the Wind” script is going up for auction alongside dozens of items from the late star’s personal collection. Sotheby’s said...
Jul 11, 2017
Axe-wielding man prompts standoff after radio song request
MEDFORD, Mass. - Police say an axe-wielding man showed up outside a Massachusetts radio station demanding that the song “My Axe” be played and held off responding officers for three hours....
Jul 11, 2017
Valerie Jarrett, top Obama adviser, working on book
NEW YORK - Valerie Jarrett, one of Barack Obama’s closest and longest-serving aides during his presidency, has a book deal. Viking told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Jarrett is working on...
Jul 11, 2017
Book of Michelle Obama photographs coming in October
NEW YORK - Books of Obama photographs will be in the news this fall. A collection of White House pictures of Michelle Obama is coming out Oct. 17, Ten Speed Press told The Associated Press on Tuesday....
Jul 11, 2017
Evacuees return home as wildfires across West calm down
OROVILLE, Calif. - Nearly all evacuation orders have been called off for three major fires across California as dozens of wildfires throughout the West were coming under control. A fire near the North...
Jul 11, 2017
16 dead in Mississippi in worst Marine crash since 2005
ITTA BENA, Miss. - Investigators picked through debris across a fire-blackened soybean field Tuesday to try to determine why a U.S. military plane slammed into the ground, killing all 16 people aboard...
Jul 11, 2017
Spain's running of the bulls: 2 injured on Day 5
PAMPLONA, Spain - The quickest dash yet at this year’s running of the bulls left two Spaniards injured but no one gored at the San Fermin festival on Tuesday, officials said. One runner suffered...
Jul 11, 2017
Researchers say happiness turns dairy cows into cash cows
SAUK CITY, Wis. - Dairy farmers, take note: The key to turning your dairy cow into a cash cow is udder happiness. Give her a bigger stall, increase air circulation and provide some shelter to prevent ...
Jul 10, 2017
Missiles and music: For Kim Jong Un, they go together
TOKYO - North Korea’s successful intercontinental ballistic missile launch is now music to its leader’s ears - quite literally. Kim Jong Un was feted at a concert replete with pop music an...
Jul 10, 2017
The Latest: Official: 16 bodies found in Marine plane crash
ITTA BENA, Miss. - The Latest on a military plane crash in Mississippi (all times local): 11:30 p.m. Officials have updated the death toll to 16 people in a Marine Corps plane crash in rural Mississip...
Jul 10, 2017
