World

'Simplicity is genius': Joshua boxes smart to reclaim titles

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Anthony Joshua jumped up and down in the ring with his massive entourage, celebrating being around $70 million richer and having three world heavyweight belts back in his posses...

Dec 08, 2019

Kenya: 2 survivors found 2 days after building collapse

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan rescuers digging through the rubble of a six-story building found two survivors alive Sunday, two days after it collapsed in Nairobi and killed at least five people and injured...

Dec 08, 2019

Devastating factory fire kills at least 43 in Indian capital

NEW DELHI - A fire believed to be caused by an electrical short circuit engulfed a building in India's capital on Sunday where handbags and other items were made by workers earning as little as 2 doll...

Dec 08, 2019

'Frozen 2' leads box office again; 'Playmobil' flops

NEW YORK - "Frozen 2" blanketed multiplexes for the third straight weekend, continuing its reign at No. 1 with $34.7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Walt Disney Co. ...

Dec 08, 2019

Sesame Street puppeteer Caroll Spinney dies at age 85

LOS ANGELES - Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on "Sesame Street," died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut, according to ...

Dec 08, 2019

N. Korea conducts 'important test' at once-dismantled site

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea said Sunday that it carried out a "very important test" at its long-range rocket launch site that it reportedly rebuilt after having partially dismantled it at ...

Dec 08, 2019

Idris Elba DJs, banana art sells for $120k at Art Basel

MIAMI - 3D-printed cocktails, a traffic jam sculpture made of hundreds of tons of sand and more celebrity sightings than a Kardashian Christmas party were all part of over-the-top festivities during t...

Dec 08, 2019

Rapper Juice WRLD dies after medical emergency in Chicago

CHICAGO - Rapper Juice WRLD, who launched his career on SoundCloud before becoming a streaming juggernaut and rose to the top of the charts with the Sting-sampled hit "Lucid Dreams," died early Sunday...

Dec 08, 2019

'Devastated': 3 crew killed in Black Hawk crash in Minnesota

ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Three soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard were killed Thursday when the Black Hawk helicopter they were riding in for a routine maintenance test flight crashed in a farm fiel...

Dec 07, 2019

San Francisco Opera names its first female music director

SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Opera has named conductor Eun Sun Kim its new music director, ushering the first woman into the job in the company's history. The 39-year-old Kim will become the comp...

Dec 07, 2019