Category Archives: World

Reggaeton acts call out Latin Grammys for lack of noms
NEW YORK - Popular Latin performers such as J Balvin, Daddy Yankee and Maluma are lashing out at the Latin Grammys for dismissing musicians from the reggaeton and Latin trap world in the top categorie...
Sep 27, 2019

City to pay Stormy Daniels $450,000 over strip club arrest
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's capital city agreed Friday to pay porn actress Stormy Daniels $450,000 to settle a lawsuit over her arrest at a strip club last year, the latest fallout traced to the city's no...
Sep 27, 2019

At UN, Africa balances highlighting its progress and poverty
At the U.N. building in New York, "United Nations" means the trappings of protocol, the gravitas of diplomatic relations, the grandiose speeches. But in the field, to many, the "United Nations" means ...
Sep 27, 2019

Democrats call whistleblower complaint 'deeply disturbing'
WASHINGTON - Democrats who reviewed a secret whistleblower complaint involving President Donald Trump Wednesday called it "deeply disturbing" and said it gives them new leads to pursue as they conside...
Sep 27, 2019

Wally Lamb barred from prison to resume writing program
NIANTIC, Conn. - Author Wally Lamb says he was barred from entering a Connecticut women's prison to resume a writing program that had been reinstated after an investigation that cleared him of wrongdo...
Sep 27, 2019

Documents: Ex-GOP chair for North Carolina to plead guilty
RALEIGH, N.C. - A former North Carolina GOP chairman will admit in court that he lied to federal agents conducting a bribery investigation of a major political donor, according to court documents file...
Sep 27, 2019

Split no more, Spider-Man gets another swing with Marvel
LOS ANGELES - Spider-Man won't be leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe anytime soon. After a public fallout last month, Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Walt Disney Studios have found a way to wor...
Sep 27, 2019

Space launch includes 1st flyer from United Arab Emirates
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan - An American, a Russian and the first space flyer from the United Arab Emirates blasted off Wednesday on a mission to the International Space Station. A Russian Soyuz rocket lift...
Sep 27, 2019

US new home sales climbed a healthy 7.1% in August
U.S. new home sales jumped 7.1% in August, as low mortgage rates pull buyers into the housing market. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that new homes sales increased to a seasonally adjusted ann...
Sep 27, 2019

Memo: Trump prodded Ukraine leader to investigate Bidens
WASHINGTON - More than once, President Donald Trump brought up how much the U.S. has done for Ukraine. Time and again, he asked Ukraine's president for help. There was no explicit quid pro quo in Trum...
Sep 27, 2019