Category Archives: World
Playboy model pleads no contest for post of naked woman
LOS ANGELES - The Latest on the court case involving a Playboy model who snapped a photo of a naked 71-year-old woman in a gym locker room and posted it on social media mocking the woman’s body ...
May 24, 2017
Zika hit Florida months before infections found, study says
NEW YORK - New research suggests Zika began spreading in Florida mosquitoes about three months before infections were detected in the Miami area last summer. The researchers also found the virus likel...
May 24, 2017
Writer shares Mister Rogers' words following terror attack
The images of people helping one another in the wake of the deadly bombing of an Ariana Grande concert in England have prompted one writer to pay tribute to public television’s “Mister Rog...
May 24, 2017
London premiere of 'Wonder Woman' is cancelled after attack
LONDON - The glitzy, star-filled London premiere of “Wonder Woman” has been scrapped following the terror attack in Manchester. Stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Robin Wright had been schedu...
May 24, 2017
Fox moves to dismiss lawsuit by ex-anchor Andrea Tantaros
NEW YORK - Fox News Channel has asked a federal court to throw out a lawsuit by former anchor Andrea Tantaros, saying her claims that “sock puppet” Twitter accounts were set up to harass h...
May 24, 2017
UK police find 'significant' evidence; May slams US on leaks
MANCHESTER, England - Britons faced stepped-up security, authorities pushed forward with raids they said were uncovering key evidence and a trans-Atlantic rift opened Thursday in the aftermath of a de...
May 24, 2017
Father and brother of alleged bomber detained in Libya
CAIRO - The father and younger brother of the suspect in the Manchester concert bombing have been detained in Libya, where anti-terror authorities said the brother confessed to knowing “all the ...
May 24, 2017
President orders thorough probe of Indonesia suicide attacks
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia’s president ordered a thorough investigation Thursday of twin suicide bombings that targeted police, killing three officers, in the deadliest attack by suspected m...
May 24, 2017
Vermont governor vetoes marijuana bill, wants changes made
MONTPELIER, Vt. - Republican Gov. Phil Scott on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would have made Vermont the ninth state to legalize recreational marijuana but indicated that he was willing to work with t...
May 24, 2017
Advocates: Federal role crucial for iconic waterway cleanups
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Trump administration makes a straightforward case for slashing $427 million in federal spending to heal ailing regional water bodies such as the Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay ...
May 24, 2017
