Category Archives: World
Stephen King calls Islamic State 'rogue cult' on Twitter
BANGOR, Maine - Horror author Stephen King says Islamic State is a “rogue cult” and that the group’s bombings will eventually lead to its undoing. King made the comments via his Twit...
May 23, 2017
Lawsuit: Mississippi fails to educate black children equally
JACKSON, Miss. - Mississippi is denying good schools to African American students in violation of the federal law that enabled the state to rejoin the union after the Civil War, a legal group alleged ...
May 23, 2017
US new-home sales drop 11.4% in April, most in 2 years
WASHINGTON - U.S. sales of new homes last month registered the biggest drop in more than two years. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that new-home sales skidded 11.4 per cent in April to a seasona...
May 23, 2017
Polish couple among those killed in Manchester blast
LONDON - The names of the 22 victims killed by a suicide bomber at a Manchester concert on Monday night have not been officially released, but here what’s known about them so far: ___ A Polish c...
May 23, 2017
11 people seated on Cosby jury; defence sees race bias
PITTSBURGH - Bill Cosby’s lawyers accused Pennsylvania prosecutors of trying to systematically keep blacks off the jury Tuesday after prosecutors used their strikes to send two black women home....
May 23, 2017
Cannes festival holds moment of silence for Manchester
CANNES, France - The Cannes Film Festival paused Tuesday for a moment of silence to honour the victims of the attack at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England. Thierry Fremaux, director of t...
May 23, 2017
Roger Moore had prouder achievements than playing James Bond
LONDON - Sir Roger Moore saw more to life than a well-mixed martini. “I felt small, insignificant and rather ashamed that I had travelled so much making films and ignored what was going on aroun...
May 23, 2017
The Latest: Macron pledges improved intelligence co-operation
MANCHESTER, England - The Latest on the blast at an Ariana Grande concert in northern England (all times local): 2:10 p.m. French President Emmanuel Macron walked to the British Embassy to offer suppo...
May 23, 2017
Trump makes personal appeal to both sides for Mideast peace
JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump made a personal appeal for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, calling on both sides to put aside the “pain and disagreements of the past,” as he ...
May 23, 2017
Hands off US election, ex-CIA director says he warned Russia
WASHINGTON - Former CIA Director John Brennan told Congress Tuesday he personally warned Russia last summer against interfering in the U.S. presidential election and was so concerned about Russian con...
May 23, 2017
