Record €353 million award in lawsuit linking baby powder to cancer
Tuesday, 22 August 2017, 07:31
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
A Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay a record $417 million (353 million euros) to a hospitalized woman who claimed in a lawsuit that the talc in the company's iconic baby powder causes...
'A primal experience': Americans dazzled by solar eclipse
Tuesday, 22 August 2017, 07:19
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
The stars came out in the middle of the day, zoo animals ran in agitated circles, crickets chirped, birds fell silent and a chilly darkness settled upon the land Monday as the U.S. witnessed its first...
Updated: 1 dead, 1 injured as van rams bus stops in Marseille, France
Monday, 21 August 2017, 11:37
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
French media are reporting that at least one woman has died after a vehicle rammed into two bus stops in the French port city of Marseille. They say a driver has been arrested in the scenic Old...
Prosecutors say professor killed boyfriend as part of sexual fantasy
Monday, 21 August 2017, 06:35
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
The fatal stabbing of a hairstylist in Chicago was part of a sexual fantasy hatched in an online chatroom between a Northwestern University professor and an Oxford University employee, whose plan...
US warship collides with tanker near Singapore; 10 missing
Monday, 21 August 2017, 06:31
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
At least 10 U.S. sailors are missing after the USS John S. McCain collided with a tanker early Monday east of Singapore, the second accident involving a ship from the Navy's 7th Fleet in the Pacific...
French designer in costly dispute over Pitt-Jolie chateau
Sunday, 20 August 2017, 18:01
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
A French lighting designer has won a $600,000 court ruling in a dispute with Brad Pitt over the re-design of the chateau in Provence that he and Angelina Jolie shared. But designer Odile Soudant isn't...
Finland stabbings 'a likely terror act;' ties to Spain eyed
Sunday, 20 August 2017, 07:00
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
The knife attack in western Finland that left two people dead and seven others wounded is "a likely terror act," Finland's intelligence agency said Saturday, while police said Europol was...
Spain investigates missing imam, mysterious explosion
Sunday, 20 August 2017, 06:50
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
A missing imam and a house that exploded days ago became the focus Saturday of the investigation into an extremist cell responsible for two deadly attacks in Barcelona and a nearby resort, as...
Bruce Forsyth, veteran British TV host and entertainer, dies
Saturday, 19 August 2017, 09:04
Last update: about 10 years ago
Associated Press
Bruce Forsyth, a legendary entertainer, host and quizmaster on English television whose career spanned the history of TV, has died. The BBC announced that Forsyth, who had brightened its airwaves...