Category Archives: World
Michigan man dies, day after event to celebrate his life
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A Michigan lawyer and Republican activist has died, a day after hundreds of people responded to his published invitation to attend an open house to celebrate his life. Bob Elevel...
Mar 20, 2017
Sheriff: Woman tried to smuggle meth to inmate in Bible
TUPELO, Miss. - Today’s Bible lesson: It’s a bad idea to use the good book to smuggle drugs into jail. The Bible in question was dropped off Thursday for an inmate convicted last week of m...
Mar 20, 2017
Trump Winery in Virginia seeks more foreign workers
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - As President Donald Trump touts job creation for Americans as a top priority, his son’s Virginia winery is seeking permission to hire foreign workers to cultivate its grap...
Mar 20, 2017
Anti-death-penalty prosecutor challenges Florida governor
ORLANDO, Fla. - A Florida state attorney says the governor overstepped his bounds when he removed her from a case after she pledged to not pursue the death penalty in any cases. State Attorney Aramis ...
Mar 20, 2017
Lawmaker charged with child prostitution filed odd bills
OKLAHOMA CITY - A Republican state senator charged with child prostitution once proposed a bill to prohibit the use of human fetuses in food and spent 17 years working with a program that introduces y...
Mar 20, 2017
2 men dead in burning car believed tied to TV performer ID'd
PATERSON, N.J. - The deaths of two New Jersey men whose bodies were found in a burning car believed to belong to a reality television show performer have been ruled homicides. Passaic County prosecuto...
Mar 20, 2017
Prosecutor: Officers who fatally shot boy weren't in danger
MARKSVILLE, La. - Two Louisiana law enforcement officers weren’t in any danger when they fired a barrage of bullets at a car, killing a 6-year-old autistic boy and critically wounding his father...
Mar 20, 2017
No new threat led to airline laptop limits, officials say
WASHINGTON - U.S. and British officials said Tuesday the decision to bar laptops and tablets from the cabins of some international flights wasn’t based on any specific threat but on longstanding...
Mar 20, 2017
Court: Florida dairy's skim milk is skim milk, not imitation
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A small, all-natural dairy isn’t being deceptive when it calls it’s skim milk “skim milk,” a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a victory for the creamer...
Mar 20, 2017
Colin Farrell tapped to play Oliver North for Amazon
Colin Farrell is slated to star as Oliver North in a limited series from Amazon. Yorgos Lanthimos, who directed Farrell in the film “Lobster,” will direct the untitled, one-hour series tha...
Mar 20, 2017
