North Carolina LGBT law fuels demonstrations for and against
Thousands of activists gathered at the North Carolina legislature on Monday as it reconvened for the first time since enacting a law criticised as anti-gay. Supporters and opponents of the bill held competing rallies outside the statehouse in Raleigh. More than 50 critics of the legislation were arrested after entering and...
Militants kill Canadian hostage John Ridsdel in the Philippines
A Canadian man murdered by militants in the Philippines has been described as a "kind and gregarious person who touched everyone he knew with his enthusiasm and generosity." John Ridsdel was beheaded by Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf, which took him hostage along with three others in September last year. In a...
For four Marines, reunion photo after 50 years means getting it right
They wanted the picture to be just right, to look as close as possible to the one they'd taken together 50 years ago, back when their memories hadn't yet been clouded by the images of war. So Saturday morning, on the sun-drenched Atlantic shore of Cinnamon Beach on Florida's northeast coast, four U.S. Marine...
Gannett offers $815 million to buy Tribune Publishing
Gannett Co. (GCI), which owns USA TODAY and more than 100 other media properties across the country, said Monday it offered to buy Tribune Publishing (TPUB) for about $815 million, its second big expansion move since spinning off from its former parent less than a year ago. In a letter to Justin Dearborn, CEO of Tribune, which...
OUTRAGE: Veterans’ families furious as graves of British WWI heroes left to rot
WAR graves for thousands of British Army heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice during World War One have been left overgrown and abandoned, it has emerged. Headstones of the young men who died on the battlefield in Iraq between 1914 and 1918 are now inundated with mud, weeds and grass. The Commonwealth War Cemetery in the...
PENSIONS CRISIS: Market chaos could wipe out TEN YEARS of retirement income
PENSIONERS who retired last year are at risk of losing a decade's worth of retirement income as a result of market chaos, experts have warned. Retirees who put their cash into income drawdown plans at the start of last year could have already seen around two years of income wiped, according to pension provide Aegon. The...
EU is a ‘fascist, communist dictatorship!’ Who is the latest personality to back a Brexit?
TEAM Brexit is made up of an eclectic mix of personalities but the latest figure backing the anti-EU campaign may be the biggest surprise of them all. This out fan is one of the world's most well-known conspiracy theorists. David Icke, the former goalkeeper turned BBC Grandstand presenter who famously declared himself the...
US election: Cruz-Kasich pact ‘desperate’ says Trump
Donald Trump says a pact formed by his two rivals for the Republican presidential crown is a desperate act. He lambasted Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich over the alliance they announced late on Sunday. Under their plan, Mr Cruz and Mr Kasich will give each other a free run in state primary votes next month....
All-Prince top five in midweek chart
Pop star Prince is on course to dominate the UK charts this week, as mourning fans rush to buy his music. The musician holds every spot in the top five in the midweek chart update, with 16 albums set to enter the top 100 the Official Chart Company says. His 2001 retrospective The Very Best Of is at number one, followed by the...
Saudi Arabia agrees plans to move away from oil profits
The Saudi cabinet has approved sweeping economic reforms aimed at moving the country away from its dependence on oil profits. Just over 70% of revenues came from oil last year but it has been hit by falling prices. One part of the plan will see shares sold in state-owned oil giant Aramco to create a sovereign wealth fund....
Angelina Jolie Meets with Ban Ki-moon Leads Today’s Star Sightings
Angelina Jolie was doing some good in the Netherlands. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Jolie, at Special Envoy of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in The Hague, Netherlands. .@UN_Photo Rick Bajornas's shot of @UN Secretary-General & Mrs Ban with @Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt....
US ex-Senator Wofford, 90, to remarry to a man
A former US senator will get remarried this week — to someone of a different sex from his first spouse. Harris Wofford, 90, wrote an opinion article in the New York Times voicing strong support for same-sex marriage. He said he felt lucky to live at a time when marriage had been "strengthened" in this way. Mr...