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Meghan Markle says father won't attend wedding due to health

Thursday, 17 May 2018, 13:15 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Meghan Markle announced Thursday her father will not be at her marriage to Prince Harry due to health problems. "Sadly, my father will not be attending our wedding," she said in a statement...

Kensington Palace silent on reports Meghan Markle's father is ill

Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 14:27 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Kensington Palace is not commenting on reports that Meghan Markle's father needs a heart procedure and will miss Saturday's royal wedding in Windsor. Prince Harry's press office said Wednesday it...

Margot Kidder, Lois Lane in the 'Superman' franchise, dies

Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 10:40 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Margot Kidder, the Canadian actress who starred as a salty and cynical Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the "Superman" film franchise of the 1970s and 1980s, has died. She was 69. Kidder's...

Israelis go wild after Eurovision Song Contest victory

Sunday, 13 May 2018, 17:40 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets early Sunday to celebrate their country's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest. Fans flooded Tel Aviv's Rabin Square in front of City Hall, with some...

Paris attacker born in Chechnya, was on radicalism database

Sunday, 13 May 2018, 12:24 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The man behind a deadly knife attack in central Paris was born in Chechnya and had been on police radar for radicalism, and his parents have been detained for questioning, French authorities said...

Netta Barzilai wins 2018 Eurovision Song Contest for Israel

Sunday, 13 May 2018, 04:23 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Netta Barzilai is sassy, she's fun and she can sing — and now the Israeli has won the Eurovision Song Contest with a catchy techno dance tune about women's empowerment. The 25-year-old...

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