Updated: Snow, high winds paralyze European airports, claim lives
Thursday, 1 March 2018, 18:48
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
An extreme cold snap across Europe claimed more lives, forced the closure of airports in Scotland, Switzerland, France and Ireland and left hundreds of drivers stranded on snowy highways...
Vatican magazine denounces nuns' servitude towards cardinals, bishops
Thursday, 1 March 2018, 12:59
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
A Vatican magazine has denounced how nuns are often treated like indentured servants by cardinals and bishops, for whom they cook and clean for next to no pay. The March edition of "Women Church...
Snow causes major disruption across Britain, mainland Europe
Thursday, 1 March 2018, 11:50
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Roads and airports across large chunks of Britain are closed as snow and wind wreak havoc with travel plans. Hundreds of drivers were trapped in their cars overnight in Scotland, where...
Madness or murder? Trial begins for nanny who killed 2 kids
Thursday, 1 March 2018, 08:04
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
A defense lawyer says it was an act of madness. Prosecutors will begin trying to prove Thursday that it was murder. Five years ago, Yoselyn Ortega, a trusted nanny to a well-to-do family, took...
Teacher barricades himself in class, fires gun; no one hurt
Thursday, 1 March 2018, 07:59
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
A social studies teacher barricaded himself inside a classroom at a Georgia high school on Wednesday and fired a handgun, sending students running outside or hunkering down in darkened gym locker...
Report: Italian mafia may have links to reporter's killing
Tuesday, 27 February 2018, 15:26
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Organized crime may have been involved in the shooting death of an investigative journalist in Slovakia, a Canadian reporter said Tuesday as the country's newspapers printed black-and-white front...
Heather Locklear arrested for alleged domestic violence
Tuesday, 27 February 2018, 10:43
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Actress Heather Locklear was arrested for investigation of domestic violence and fighting with sheriff's deputies at her California home, authorities said Monday. Deputies responded to a domestic...
Chinese public figures decry proposal to scrap term limits
Tuesday, 27 February 2018, 07:51
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
A well-known political commentator and a prominent businesswoman in China have penned public letters urging lawmakers to reject a plan that would allow President Xi Jinping to rule...