Category Archives: World
Lisa Marie Presley's payments to ex limited to legal fees
LOS ANGELES - Lisa Marie Presley will not have to pay spousal support to her estranged husband while they fight over her assets, but she will have to pay some of his attorney’s fees, a judge rul...
Feb 22, 2017
Cute calf video draws activists fearful of animal's fate
CONCORD, N.H. - So much for sharing the good news about a newborn calf named Pitcher Diego. A New Hampshire farm that posted a video of the Scottish Highland calf is coming under fire from animal righ...
Feb 22, 2017
DC-based for decades, Apollo 11 capsule to go on road trip
CHANTILLY, Va. - The Apollo 11 command module, which travelled more than 950,000 miles to take Americans to the moon and back in 1969, is going on a road trip, leaving the Smithsonian for the first ti...
Feb 22, 2017
UN Syria envoy not expecting breakthrough at Geneva talks
GENEVA - Playing down expectations, the U.N. envoy for Syria said Wednesday he’s not expecting a breakthrough in the first U.N.-mediated peace talks between government representatives and the op...
Feb 22, 2017
7 Earth-size worlds found orbiting star; could hold life
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star - and these new worlds could hold life. This cluster of planets is less th...
Feb 22, 2017
Duchess of Cambridge pool-playing skills deemed 'dreadful'
LONDON - The Duchess of Cambridge has shown off her pool-playing skills - though one teenager was not impressed. Visiting a mental health centre for children in South Wales on Wednesday, the former Ka...
Feb 22, 2017
Bindi Irwin salutes late dad Steve Irwin on his birthday
Bindi Irwin has posted a tribute to her late father, “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, on what would have been his 55th birthday. Irwin was just 8 years old when her father was killed by a s...
Feb 22, 2017
End of transgender bathroom rule gets conservative praise
WASHINGTON - Conservatives are praising the Trump administration’s rollback of public school bathroom requirements for transgender students, saying the move corrects a legal overreach by the Oba...
Feb 22, 2017
Altar in Mexico town hides illegal fuel tap
MEXICO CITY - Altars to the Virgin of Guadalupe are ubiquitous at businesses across Mexico. Now federal police say one has even been used in a gasoline smuggling racket in the central state of Puebla....
Feb 22, 2017
Beale Street Music Festival features eclectic lineup
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Kings of Leon, Snoop Dogg, Soundgarden and Sturgill Simpson are among the musical acts scheduled to perform at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis in May. Festival officials an...
Feb 22, 2017
