PYONGYANG, North Korea, Dec. 4 (UPI) —Retired U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman will return to North Korea for a third time to help train the country’s basketball team, the trip’s sponsor said. A spokesman for Paddy Power, the British-based online
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Dec. 4 (UPI) —Russia’s highest court ruled Wednesday a law banning “gay propaganda” was constitutional. The ruling comes as human rights activists in Russia and elsewhere who criticize the law as discriminatory have called for a boycott
Kabul, December 04 (QNA) – At least 27 Taliban militants were killed in joint operations launched by Afghan security forces and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) during the past 24 hours in different regions of the country.
EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 3 (UPI) —University of Oregon quarterback and potential high NFL draft choice Marcus Mariota announced Tuesday he will return to the Ducks for his junior season. Mariota, thought to be among the leaders in the 2014 draft
PINELLAS PARK, Fla., Dec. 3 (UPI)–Parents who took kids to see Disney’s “Frozen” at a Florida movie theater said they were mistakenly shown a sexually explicit scene from another film. Lynn Greene of Largo said she took her grandchildren to
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 (UPI)–Production on the seventh installment of Hollywood’s “The Fast and the Furious” film series will be delayed following Paul Walker’s death, Variety said. The blockbuster franchise’s 40-year-old star died as the passenger in a car crash
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 (UPI)–U.S. actress Maria Bello explained in a first-person article in The New York Times this weekend how she told her 12-year-old son about her lesbian partner. The 46-year-old Bello, whose most recent film is “Prisoners,” said
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 (UPI)–U.S. comedian Roseanne Barr vowed on Twitter to never work in television again. Barr, 61, starred on the classic sitcom “Roseanne” (1988-97), then served as host of “The Roseanne Show” chat program from 1998 to 2000,
BEIJING, Dec. 1 (UPI) —China’s space program scored another success Monday with the successful launch of its first Chang’e-3 lunar rover mission, its space scientists announced. The Long March-3B rocket, carrying Chang’e-3, its landing module and a robot rover named
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 (UPI)–Investigators say speed may have been a factor in a California car crash that killed 40-year-old actor Paul Walker. Walker was a passenger in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT that struck a light pole late Saturday
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 30 (UPI)–Canada’s Barenaked Ladies said they canceled a February concert at SeaWorld in Orlando, Fla., after a fan petition inspired by the documentary “Blackfish.” Canadian Mike Garrett started the petition to urge the band to call off its
TOMAR, Portugal, Nov. 29 (UPI) — A byproduct of beer brewing could help make better and more environmentally friendly bricks with improved insulation qualities, researchers in Portugal say. Scientists at the Polytechnic Institute of Tomar say by blending in the
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said nine nations will get extended exceptions from economic sanctions due to “significant reductions” in buying Iranian oil. In a statement issued Friday by the State Department, Kerry said
ROMEOVILLE, Ill., Nov. 29 (UPI) —Illinois police shot a man in a Kohl’s parking lot Friday after the man dragged an officer with his car during a shoplifting incident, officials said. Two officers chased two suspects fleeing from the Romeoville,
HONOLULU, Nov. 28 (UPI)–Hawaiian wildlife officials and film agencies say hunting activities on the television reality show “American Jungle” are inaccurate and may be illegal. In a statement issued Wednesday, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources said it
UNIONTOWN, Pa., Nov. 28 (UPI) — A woman jailed in Pennsylvania will be allowed to hold Wiccan services at the prison’s chapel, officials said. Fayette County Prison board members accepted Kathryn Jones’ request Wednesday to be permitted to hold Wiccan
OAK HILL, Fla., Nov. 28 (UPI) —Three burglary suspects were caught after being interrupted by a gun-firing Florida homeowner, helped by a neighbor who is an ex-boxer neighbor, police say. Ira Roberts of Oak Hill said he fired a shot
New York, November 28 (QNA) -The 68th General Assembly has adopted a resolution declaring 2014 as “International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People”. Co-sponsored by more than 30 countries, the resolution received 110 votes in favour, seven against and
MIAMI, Nov. 28 (UPI) —A 41-year-old Asian elephant living at Zoo Miami died after suffering from a severe digestive impaction, zoo officials said. The elephant, named Maude, stopped eating and having bowel movements last week, and later began eating sand
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) —President Obama’s 41 percent approval rating is worse than former Presidents Clinton and Reagan at the same time during their terms, CNN said. In a CNN Poll of Polls — in which five non-partisan, live operator
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) —A National Security Agency document released by Edward Snowden shows the agency planned to discredit six Muslims by revealing their porn searches. The six were identified as “exemplars” of how online intelligence gathering could be used
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 27 (UPI)–U.S. Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino said on “The Tonight Show” in Los Angeles he is working on another western, but it is not a sequel to “Django Unchained.” Tarantino won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for his
Kabul, November 27 (QNA) – At least 33 Taliban militants were killed in joint operations launched by Afghan security forces and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) during the past twenty-four hours in different regions of the country.
CARDIFF, Wales, Nov. 26 (UPI)–The vocalist of the band Lostprophets pleaded guilty in Cardiff, Wales, Tuesday to 13 sexual offenses, including attempted rapes of babies, court records said. Ian Watkins, 36, changed his pleas on a range of child sex
NEW YORK, Nov. 26 (UPI)–Bryan Cranston is to play U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in Robert Schenkkan’s new play, “All the Way,” producers said Tuesday. The announcement was made by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Louise Gund. Co-starring Michael McKean
