Tag Archives: International

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Beale Street Music Festival, the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and other "Memphis in May" events were cancelled Thursday due to the coronavirus outbreak in the Tenne...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The Godfather of Soul's dying wish to help educate needy children is a big step closer to being fulfilled, now that South Carolina's Supreme Court - wading into a 14-year-old legal sa...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California on Thursday started requiring people throughout the state to wear masks in most indoor settings and outdoors when distancing isn't possible as the coronavirus continues...

Cream of Wheat and Mrs. Butterworth are the latest brands reckoning with racially charged logos. The soul-searching comes in the wake of PepsiCo's announcement Wednesday that it's renaming its Aunt Je...

FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank has handed out 1.31 trillion euros ($1.46 trillion) in long-term, ultra-cheap credit to hundreds of banks as part of its emergency support aimed at cushioning the...

JACKSON, Miss. - A Confederate monument that's been a divisive symbol at the University of Mississippi will be moved from a prominent spot on the Oxford campus to a secluded Civil War cemetery. The st...

NEW YORK - A picture book edition of Ibram X. Kendi's "Antiracist Baby," one of the country's top-selling books since the death last month of George Floyd, is coming out July 14. "Antiracist Baby" wen...

SIESTA KEY, Fla. - One of the stars of MTV's Florida-based reality show "Siesta Key" has been fired. MTV posted the decision to remove Alex Kompothecras, 25, on the show's official Twitter account Tue...

Jean Kennedy Smith, who was the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and who as a U.S. ambassador played a key role in the peace process in Northern Ireland, has died, relatives said Th...

BERLIN - German prosecutors on Thursday filed murder charges against a Russian man accused in the brazen daylight slaying in Berlin last year of a Georgian man, and said that the Russian state ordered...