Category Archives: World
2017 Jazz Fest to include Stevie Wonder, Nas, Maroon 5
NEW ORLEANS - It’s 30 days and counting until nearly 600 performers converge on the New Orleans Fair Grounds Race Course for the annual celebration of music known as Jazz Fest. The New Orleans J...
Mar 28, 2017
Man sentenced to 40 years overall in Memphis officer killing
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A man who fatally shot Memphis’ first female police officer killed in the line of duty was sentenced Tuesday to a total of 40 years in prison on an array of charges. Twenty-five...
Mar 28, 2017
Cosby lawyers ask to exclude testimony on other women, pills
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby’s lawyers filed a motion Tuesday to prevent jurors at his upcoming sex-assault trial from hearing the actor admit giving women quaaludes, money or educational funds, sa...
Mar 28, 2017
Trump's lawyers: 'Apprentice' contestant can't sue president
NEW YORK - Republican President Donald Trump’s lawyers say he’s immune while president from defamation claims brought by a former contestant on his reality TV show “The Apprentice...
Mar 28, 2017
Library patron returns book he took in 1982, plus $200
GREAT FALLS, Mont. - A patron who stole a book from a Montana library in 1982 has returned it after reading it at least 25 times, having it restored and having the author sign it. The man said having ...
Mar 28, 2017
NewsAlert: Trump signs order rolling back Obama's climate change efforts
U.S. President Donald Trump has sigend an executive order rolling back the efforts by former president Barack Obama to combat climate change. More to come. The Canadian Press
Mar 28, 2017
Ivanka Trump, Education Secretary DeVos promote STEM careers
WASHINGTON - Ivanka Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday exhorted young girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math, saying those fields will provide the jobs ...
Mar 28, 2017
Reputed mobster gets prison for plotting to kill crime rival
NEWARK, N.J. - A Nevada man who authorities say is a member of the New Jersey crime family believed to be the model for HBO’s “The Sopranos” is headed to prison for plotting the deat...
Mar 28, 2017
Markets Right Now: Consumer confidence gain sends stocks up
The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local): 11:45 a.m. Stocks are posting solid gains after a report showed consumer confidence climbed to its highest level in more than 16 year...
Mar 28, 2017
Lawmakers in Republican-led Kansas vote to expand Medicaid
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas’ Republican-controlled Legislature approved an expansion Tuesday of state health coverage to thousands of poor adults under former President Barack Obama’s health car...
Mar 28, 2017
