Category Archives: World
London attackers were chef, clerk and 'suspicious' Italian
LONDON - Details emerged Tuesday of the three London Bridge attackers: a Pakistan-born failed customer service clerk with links to one of Europe’s most prolific hate preachers, a Moroccan pastry...
Jun 06, 2017
3 giant pandas return to China from Japan under agreement
BEIJING - Three giant pandas born and raised in Japan have returned to China under a standard agreement to improve the breeding success of the rare animals. The 6-year-old twins and their 4-year-old s...
Jun 06, 2017
Roger Smith, star of '77 Sunset Strip,' dies at age 84
LOS ANGELES - Actor Roger Smith, who brought glamour to the TV detective genre as a hip private eye on “77 Sunset Strip,” has died. He was 84. Jack Gilardi, who is the agent of Smith’...
Jun 05, 2017
Ex-MMA fighter gets 36 years to life in kidnap, beating case
LAS VEGAS - The former mixed martial arts fighter known as War Machine was sentenced Monday to 36 years to life in Nevada state prison for kidnapping, beating and sexually assaulting his porn actress ...
Jun 05, 2017
Al Franken cancels appearance on Bill Maher's show over slur
NEW YORK - Sen. Al Franken says he will not appear as scheduled on Friday’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” in the wake of Maher’s use of a racial slur on last week’s show. T...
Jun 05, 2017
What happened in Bill Cosby's sexual-assault trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Key developments in Bill Cosby’s sexual-assault trial on Monday: PROSECUTION OPENING STATEMENT: Assistant District Attorney Kristen Feden used Cosby’s words against him, ...
Jun 05, 2017
Daughter from 'The Cosby Show' stands by comedian at trial
NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Bill Cosby’s TV daughter said she came to the courthouse on the first day of his sexual-assault trial because she would want similar support if “the tables were turned.&#...
Jun 05, 2017
Vegas officer arrested on manslaughter charge in choke death
LAS VEGAS - A police officer was arrested on charges of involuntary manslaughter for placing a neck hold on an unarmed man who died outside a Las Vegas Strip casino, authorities said. Kenneth Lopera, ...
Jun 05, 2017
California Star Wars memorabilia stolen, collector charged
SAN FRANCISCO - A Georgia man is facing felony grand theft charges for stealing more than $200,000 worth of prized Star Wars vintage action figures from a California non-profit museum. Steve Sansweet ...
Jun 05, 2017
Idaho woman finds 1938 Nazi explosive in parents' shed
MERIDIAN, Idaho - An Idaho woman said she discovered a Nazi explosive as she was helping her parents clean out their shed. Diana Landa identified the artifact by a Nazi insignia and the year 1938 etch...
Jun 05, 2017
