Category Archives: World
Coroner: Trans-Siberian Orchestra founder died of overdose
TAMPA, Fla. - Paul O’Neill, the founder of the progressive metal band Trans-Siberian Orchestra, died of an accidental drug overdose, a Florida medical examiner said in a report released Tuesday....
May 30, 2017
Arrested, missing China activists spark criticism of Trump
SHANGHAI - The arrest and disappearance of three labour activists investigating a Chinese company that produces Ivanka Trump shoes in China prompted a call for her brand to stop working with the suppl...
May 30, 2017
Sept. 11 dedication planned for rescue and recovery workers
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KWOH’-moh) and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg have announced plans for a permanent dedication at the Sept. 11 Memorial that would recognize rescue and r...
May 30, 2017
Man who killed 4 people sentenced to death in Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. - A man convicted of killing four people in Omaha in 2013 has been given Nebraska’s first death sentence since the state’s voters reinstated the punishment in November. A three...
May 30, 2017
Uber fires autonomous car researcher involved in lawsuit
DETROIT - Uber has followed through on threats to fire star autonomous-car researcher Anthony Levandowski, whose hiring touched off a bitter trade-secrets fight with Waymo, the former self-driving car...
May 30, 2017
Purported Jimmy Hendrix guitar withdrawn from June auction
DALLAS - Heritage Auctions has halted the planned offering of a guitar purported to have been played by Jimi Hendrix at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival amid concerns it’s not that particular inst...
May 30, 2017
USAA says it will reinstate ads on 'Hannity'
NEW YORK - The USAA financial services firm is reinstating its advertising on Sean Hannity’s Fox News Channel program after receiving heavy criticism for its initial decision from many of the mi...
May 30, 2017
Lockdown lifted at Texas air base after 'security incident'
SAN ANTONIO - Military officials say the lockdown of a U.S. Air Force base in Texas has been lifted after a preliminary search of a community centre there did not reveal any danger. Authorities at Joi...
May 30, 2017
O'Reilly's next book is 'Killing England,' coming Sept. 19
NEW YORK - Bill O’Reilly’s next book, and the first announced since his ouster from Fox News in April, brings his multimillion-selling “Killing” historical series to the Revolu...
May 30, 2017
US museum returns ancient Egyptian stele missing since WWII
BERLIN - An ancient artifact lost in the chaos of World War II. An American scientist hunting for Nazi secret weapons. An archaeologist who dug into dusty archives to prove a hunch. What sounds like t...
May 30, 2017
