Category Archives: World

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s Washington hotel saw almost $20 million in revenue during its first few months of operation - a period that coincided with his election and inauguration as ...

LOS ANGELES - John G. Avildsen, who directed “Rocky” and “The Karate Kid” - two dark-horse, underdog favourites that went on to become Hollywood franchises - died Friday at age...

MONTEREY, Calif. - The Monterey International Pop Festival turned 50 on Friday and celebrated its anniversary by kicking off another three-day concert that’s bringing back a few acts from a half...

LOS ANGELES - Carrie Fisher died from sleep apnea and a combination of other factors, but investigators were not able to pinpoint an exact cause, coroner’s officials said Friday. Among the facto...

LONDON - Paul McCartney and J.K. Rowling just got promoted, so to speak, in Britain’s hierarchy. Twenty years after he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Paul McCartney is being upgraded wi...

MIAMI - Many Cuban exiles in Miami are embracing the changes President Donald Trump announced Friday to his predecessor’s policies of engagement with the communist island - but some want even mo...

BERLIN - Helmut Kohl, one of the towering figures of European politics whose greatest achievement is considered the skilful reunification of a divided Germany, has died at 87. Kohl, who was chancellor...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Manipulation: Both prosecutors and defence attorneys agreed Friday that the case against Dalia Dippolito, the former escort accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her newl...

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked ...

DETROIT - A Michigan man who talked trash with Steve Harvey over the Cleveland Cavaliers’ losing in the NBA finals says the comedian went too far when he made fun of Flint’s lead-tainted d...