LOS ANGELES (AFP) – US comedian Bill Cosby resigned his position on the board of trustees at a US university Monday in the wake of renewed sexual assault allegations. "I have always wanted to do what would be in the best interests of the university and...
Jamaican singer Anita Antoinette Fearon's journey on The Voice came to an end Tuesday. She was eliminated in the Top 10 stage of the popular NBC talent contest. She performed a reggae version of British singer Passenger's Let Her Go which failed to impress voters and...
KAMPALA, Ouganda (AFP) — A court in Uganda on Friday upheld the conviction for criminal negligence of a HIV-infected nurse who inserted a needle into a two-year-old child after pricking herself, but ordered she be given early release from prison. The case has sharply divided Ugandans,...
LEESBURG, United States (AFP) — The traditionalists don't like it, but the "Black Friday" shopping frenzy is as much a part of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States as turkey and pumpkin pie. And it's only Thursday. Americans will spend tens of billions of dollars over...
(CNN) — The sparks of outrage that started in Ferguson, Missouri, have ignited a firestorm of protests across the country. But the national furor isn’t just about one grand jury’s decision on one shooting case. To many protesters, the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown...