Category Archives: World
Pioneering TV actress Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80
LOS ANGELES - Mary Tyler Moore didn’t have it all on her 1970s sitcom, but what she had was enough. A husband and kids, long the stock TV recipe for female contentment, were absent from “T...
Jan 25, 2017
NewsAlert: Actress Mary Tyler Moore is dead at age 80, publicist says
NEW YORK - Actress Mary Tyler Moore is dead at age 80, publicist says. More coming. The Associated Press
Jan 25, 2017
Madonna denies Malawi report she plans more adoptions
LILONGWE, Malawi - Pop star Madonna on Wednesday denied a report that she filed for the adoption of two more children from Malawi. Madonna said she was in Malawi for charity work, contradicting Mlenga...
Jan 25, 2017
Trial begins for man accused of killing uncle with cousins
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A trial has begun in Alabama for a third man accused of killing his uncle to avenge his grandmother’s death - even though prosecutors say she died of natural causes. The Montg...
Jan 25, 2017
House Science chairman: Get news from Trump, not media
WASHINGTON - The Republican chairman of the House Science panel is encouraging Americans to get their news from President Donald Trump and not the news media. Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas said if Trump w...
Jan 25, 2017
The Latest: Trump expected to shift toward economy
WASHINGTON - The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 11:50 p.m. President Donald Trump is expected to turn back to the economy Thursday, signing a notice to Congress that he plans to s...
Jan 25, 2017
School district considers removing racial slur from musical
CHERRY HILL, N.J. - A New Jersey high school is weighing whether it should allow students to utter racial slurs during performances of the musical “Ragtime.” Cherry Hill school district of...
Jan 25, 2017
Mark Twain House hopes for boost from 1879 fairy tale
HARTFORD, Conn. - Notes that Mark Twain jotted down from a fairy tale he told his daughters more than a century ago have inspired a new children’s book, “The Purloining of Prince Oleomarga...
Jan 25, 2017
"1984" publisher orders new printing as sales soar
NEW YORK - With “alternative facts” the latest catchphrase, George Orwell’s “1984” is No. 1 on Amazon.com and the publisher has ordered an additional 75,000 copies. Signe...
Jan 25, 2017
Asian stocks up after Dow breaks through 20,000 milestone
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Shares advanced across Asia on Thursday, the last full trading day before many markets start Lunar New Year holidays, as investors cheered the Dow Jones industrial average&...
Jan 25, 2017
