Category Archives: World
Partygoer at Missouri's Lake of Ozarks positive for COVID-19
OSAGE BEACH, Mo. - Health officials said Friday that they were seeking to "inform mass numbers of unknown people" after a person who attended crowded pool parties over Memorial Day weekend at Missouri...
May 29, 2020
Minneapolis protest misinformation stokes racial tensions
CHICAGO - The false social media posts started just hours after protesters first began chanting and carrying banners around the Minneapolis neighbourhood where George Floyd, an African American man, d...
May 29, 2020
Kylie Jenner, Forbes spar over story on billionaire status
LOS ANGELES - Forbes magazine, which once declared Kylie Jenner a billionaire on its cover, says she no longer deserves the title, but Jenner is pushing back. Forbes said in a story posted Friday that...
May 29, 2020
'Never Have I Ever' brings rare voice, and a newcomer, to TV
LOS ANGELES - When Mindy Kaling was growing up in the Boston area, few classmates looked like her, and her television choices ranged from angsty white teenagers to funny white teenagers. It helps expl...
May 29, 2020
Luminaries Lost: A look at some of the artists lost to virus
A comedian whose faces made generations laugh. The cinematographer behind E.T's glowing finger and moonlight flight. A jazz guitarist of legendary poise and precision. In the third installment in a se...
May 29, 2020
Ruling means Missouri's last abortion clinic stays open
O'FALLON, Mo. - Missouri's only abortion clinic will be able to keep operating after a state government administrator decided Friday that the health department was wrong not to renew the license of th...
May 29, 2020
Twitter adds 'glorifying violence' warning to Trump tweet
WASHINGTON - Twitter has added a warning to one of President Donald Trump's tweets about protests in Minneapolis, saying it violated the platform's rules about "glorifying violence." Trump, a prolific...
May 29, 2020
Alec Baldwin on pandemic life and why he worries for kids
NEW YORK - Whether he's playing President Donald Trump on "Saturday Night Live" or hosting a new season of "Match Game," Alec Baldwin prefers working close to home. And for good reason, the 62-year ol...
May 29, 2020
Ai Weiwei says new security law is the end of Hong Kong
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei believes the newly passed national security law for Hong Kong augurs the end for the semi-autonomous city. Ai was arrested at Beijing's a...
May 29, 2020
CNN crew arrested while reporting on Minneapolis protests
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota State Patrol on Friday arrested a CNN television crew as they reported on violent protests in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pl...
May 29, 2020