Obituaries

NORRISTOWN - Comedian Bill Cosby and prosecutors who accuse him of sexually assaulting a former staffer at his alma mater Temple University are due in a Pennsylvania court on Thursday for rulings on issues including what witnesses may speak at his retrial next month.Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill's has scheduled two days of arguments on legal motions that will shape the second trial where Cosby, 80, will ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Thousands of Oklahoma school teachers, including those in the state's two biggest cities, were expected to return to picket lines on Tuesday for the second day of strikes demanding state lawmakers do more to shore up public education spending.A walkout by more than 30,000 educators in Oklahoma, whose teachers rank among the lowest-paid in the United States, forced the cancellation of classes for ...

KUALA LUMPUR - British supermarket group Tesco has launched a scheme in Malaysia based on bags with barcodes, giving customers discounts on their shopping every time they reuse the bags.The ?unforgettable bag? was launched in 11 Tesco stores in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur and the southern state of Johor on Tuesday in an effort to shift away from single-use plastic bags and reduce waste.Azliza Baizura Azmel, ...

The house is relatively quiet with several of the children taking naps and baby Elijah sleeping on my lap. Life certainly has been interesting these days.Elijah is slowly leaving his baby newborn stage, which almost makes me sad, yet it's such a blessing to see him healthy and growing. He certainly is a plump little one now and still has his mop of dark brown hair. We thoroughly enjoy his sweet smiles as well as ...

NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday ordered the withdrawal of rules punishing journalists held responsible for distributing ?fake news,? giving no reason for the change, less than 24 hours after the original announcement.The move followed an outcry by journalists and opposition politicians that the rules represented an attack on the freedom of the press and an effort by Modi's government ...

The family of Geraldine (Richenberger) Rixe will be hosting an open house for her 90th Birthday at Wayland City Hall on Saturday April 14, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. They request no gifts. Cards can be sent to Geraldine at 307 East Main St., Wayland, IA 52654.

ORLANDO - An Orlando jury on Friday cleared the widow of the Pulse nightclub gunman of all charges in the massacre that killed 49 people, finding her not guilty of federal counts that she tried to mislead investigators and aided her husband in the attack.Noor Salman, 31, could have faced up to life in prison had she been convicted of federal charges of obstruction of justice and aiding Mateen in providing ...

Polishville will be hosting two events this month.The first will be dancing with Ned Francis, of Mt. Sterling, on Sunday, April 8, from 6 to 9 p.m. Food will be on sale at 4:30 p.m.The second is a dance with Jerry Beauchamp, of Eldora, on Sunday, April 22, at 4:30 p.m. Dancing will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Food will be on sale at 4:30 p.m.Polishville is 10 miles northeast of Fairfield on Pleasant Plain Rd. (W-21) ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Tiangong-1 space station re-entered the earth's atmosphere and burnt up over the middle of the South Pacific on Monday, the Chinese space authority said.The ?vast majority? of the craft burnt up on re-entry, at around 8:15 a.m. (0015 GMT), the authority said in a brief statement on its website, without saying exactly where the remnants might have landed.Earlier, it had said the ...

Burlington has become a suburb of Hillsboro for Cheryl Bell, of Hillsboro. With her son Mark and his family there, the travel back and forth has worn out the tires.Journeys to Burlington have included watching her grandchildren Samuel and Clara Jo sing with the other children at Parkside Baptist Church on Palm Sunday. The children did many hand motions as they sang before Cheryl's son Mark gave the children's ...