HBO suspends filming with horses on ‘Luck’ drama
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A horse was injured and euthanized Tuesday during production of the racetrack drama “Luck,” the third death in connection with the series, and HBO agreed to suspend filming with horses while the accident is investigated. The…
Stevie three! Gerrard inspires Liverpool to victory
Steven Gerrard’s hat-trick ensured there was no happy 10th anniversary for Everton manager David Moyes as Liverpool eased to a comfortable victory in the Merseyside derby at Anfield. Gerrard scored in the first half and then twice more after the…
Leaders enjoy watching basketball game
President Barack Obama said the relationship between the U.S. and Britain is ‘the strongest that it has ever been’ as he welcomed David Cameron to Washington in a lavish ceremony at the White House. On a sun-drenched South Lawn, packed…
Death toll reaches 114 in Bangladesh ferry sinking
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Recovery workers on Wednesday raised the wreckage of a ferry that capsized on a river in Bangladesh while carrying about 200 people, hoping this would reveal the fate of dozens of passengers still missing. The death…
Romney losses show disgruntled GOP base
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney’s losses in Alabama and Mississippi underscore a stark reality: The core of his party does not want him. And that lingering conservative dissatisfaction — on display Tuesday night — threatens to follow Romney into a…
Prince Harry: Royal life no fairytale
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has told a TV interviewer that sometimes he and Prince William wish they were just normal instead of royals. He spoke to CBS News after a 10-day trip to the Caribbean and South America representing…
Cuba cardinal gives TV address about papal visit
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban authorities granted Havana’s Roman Catholic cardinal a rare chance to address the nation Tuesday night on state-controlled television about the imminent arrival of Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Jaime Ortega said Benedict was coming to Cuba as…
Qatar questions need for alcohol in World Cup stadiums
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar won’t say whether it will sell alcohol at stadiums during the 2022 World Cup, although a top official said Wednesday that the Gulf nation was discussing with FIFA where it would be sold in Doha…
Swiss bus crash kills 28, including 22 children
GENEVA (AP) — A bus smashed into a tunnel wall in the Swiss Alps, killing 22 Belgian 12-year-olds returning from a ski vacation and the six adults who were accompanying them, police said Wednesday. Another 24 students were hospitalized with…
Guatemalan gets 6,060-year sentence in massacre
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A former member of an elite Guatemalan military force extradited from the United States last July was sentenced to 6,060 years in prison Monday for his role in the killings of 201 people in a 1982…
