NEW YORK (AP)–Burt Reynolds, the actor who once showed all, is now ready to tell all. G.P. Putnam’s Sons announced Wednesday that Reynolds’ memoir, “But Enough About Me,” is set for release in fall 2015. The 78-year-old Reynolds promises in
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency tasked with enforcing workplace discrimination laws, is suing a private American business for firing a group of Hispanic and Asian employees over their inability to speak English at work, claiming that
(Reuters) – A landslide at the entrance of a small gold mine in southern Honduras trapped at least 11 miners underground on Wednesday, firefighters said. A rescue operation was under way at the mine in San Juan Arriba, 110 km
Myanmar police imposed an overnight curfew in the country’s second largest city of Mandalay on Thursday, after two nights of sectarian unrest that left two people dead.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday fired two short-range projectiles into waters off its east coast, South Korean officials said, on the eve of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s talks in Seoul expected to focus on the North’s
Muslim “relatives” of a Sudanese Christian woman hiding at the US embassy are taking her to court to try to prove she belongs to their family, a lawyer said Tuesday. The complainants are the same people who laid an apostasy
BRUSSELS (AP) — A European Union court on Thursday annulled sanctions placed by the 28-nation bloc on a leading Iranian university because of its alleged involvement with the country’s nuclear program. The asset freeze imposed on Tehran’s Sharif University of
Rescuers have pulled 13 more bodies from the rubble of a building that collapsed last weekend in southern India, raising the death toll to at least 55, officials said Thursday. The 11-storey apartment tower on the outskirts of Tamil Nadu’s
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that al-Qaida is trying to develop a new and improved bomb that could go undetected through airport security. There is no indication that such a bomb has been created or that there’s
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took a tentative step toward improved relations with North Korea on Thursday by announcing his government will lift some of its sanctions in response to the North’s decision to re-open a probe
CHICAGO (AP) — With their brightly colored mats spread along a sidewalk, Tameka Lawson’s yoga students try to follow her instructions: concentrate on their breathing and focus on the beauty of their surroundings. But this is Englewood, one of Chicago’s
(Reuters) – Three accused leaders of Peru’s Shining Path were charged in New York on Wednesday with running a drug trafficking ring to fund the insurgent group, federal authorities announced. The three Peruvian citizens face terror, narcotics and weapons charges,
LONDON (AP) — Five members of a human trafficking gang that lured more than 120 women to Britain and forced them into prostitution have been sentenced to between three and 12 years in prison. Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Nick
(Reuters) – U.S. military advisors have secretly operated in Somalia since around 2007 and Washington plans to deepen its security assistance to help the country fend off threats by Islamist militant group al Shabaab, U.S. officials said. The comments are
DENVER (AP) — FBI agents tried more than once to discourage a 19-year-old suburban Denver woman who said she was intent on waging jihad in the Middle East before arresting her in April as she boarded a flight she hoped
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea will reopen some of its domestic scheduled air routes for the first time in years, a China-based tour operator said on Thursday, another sign of moves to bolster tourism in the isolated country. North Korea
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong lawmakers on Thursday pelted Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying with objects including a glass of water, while others shouted and held up signs demanding democratic reforms in the former British colony. The incident within the
Temperatures are set to soar into the high twenties with much of the South East set to enjoy its warmest day of the year, forecasters said on Thursday. Meteorologists said the capital and Essex will bask in warm sunshine with
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists say rebel factions affiliated with a powerful tribe in an eastern stronghold of al-Qaida’s Syrian affiliate have pledged allegiance to the rival Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. In an activist video posted online
On Tuesday, July 1, the 17th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to the sovereignty of the People’s Republic of China, some 500,000 residents of what since 1997 is the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) marched through the
DENVER (AP) — Newly unsealed court documents show the FBI thwarted a Denver woman’s attempt to help a terrorist organization by arresting her before she boarded a flight in April. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered documents unsealed in the
The nearly 500 American troops sent to Baghdad to bolster security for the US embassy are equipped with Apache attack helicopters and small unarmed surveillance drones, Pentagon officials said Tuesday. President Barack Obama on Monday ordered 200 additional troops to
Rush Limbaugh doesn’t arbitrarily get behind just any right-leaning project. The radio icon made an exception this week while talking up the new docudrama America, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Ladies and gentlemen, a movie made well can do an
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Travel Channel is delaying the new series “Man Finds Food” after its star’s online war of words. The channel said Tuesday that Adam Richman’s show has been postponed indefinitely, but it didn’t explain why. “Man
(AFP) Violence in South Sudan’s civil war including the execution of scores of hospital patients is the worst seen for decades and is an “affront to human dignity”, Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday. Thousands have been killed in the conflict
