Offbeat | Man to play iconic lead in ‘Hello Dolly’

A Boca Raton production of “Hello Dolly” is breaking ground with a male taking on the iconic lead role made famous by Carol Channing and Barbra Streisand. Boca Raton’s Wick Theatre

Kind of dead as Trump hosts ‘Saturday Night Live’

There’s a certain look a cast member gets that longtime viewers of “Saturday Night Live” can instantly recognize. In many ways, it’s this look, and the performer’s mastery of it,

The Buzz | Corruption trial starts in Rome for 46 politicians, others

Forty-six local politicians, businessmen and go-betweens have gone on trial in Rome accused of corruption and, in some cases, of banding together to use intimidation similar to the Mafia’s methods

World Briefs

INDIA Booker Prize-winning novelist Arundhati Roy has joined the growing number of writers, filmmakers, scientists and historians voicing alarm over what they describe as a climate of religious intolerance and

Egyptian air crash | Moscow, Cairo dismiss US, UK claims bomb brought down jet

Russia and Egypt yesterday dismissed suggestions by Britain and the United States that a bomb was likely to have brought down a Metrojet flight packed with Russian vacationers coming home from

Mexico | Supreme Court takes step toward recreational pot use

Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday (early yesterday, Macau time) that growing, possessing and smoking marijuana for recreation is legal under the right to freedom. The measure was approved in 4-1 vote on

This Day in History | 1968 – Nixon wins close contest for president

It was not until midday EST (1800 BST)) that Democrat Vice-President Hubert Humphrey conceded victory to the Republican candidate. The announcement came after a full 24 hours of waiting when at

Offbeat | South African student steals bus to get to final year exam

South African media say a high school student stole a bus in a desperate effort to get to his final year mathematics exams. Broadcaster eNCA reported yesterday that Le-Aan Adonis got

The Buzz | Climate: Drought in South Africa affects town’s drinking water

Residents of a South African coastal town say their drinking water “tastes like the sea” as a worsening drought affects fresh water sources, according to a local newspaper. Citizens of Port

World briefs

N KOREA blocks two South Korean officials from entering a jointly run factory park in the North over what it describes as a conflict between the countries’ management committees overseeing

Romania | Prime minister resigns following nightclub fire protests

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced the resignation of his government yesterday following huge protests in the wake of a nightclub fire that killed more than 30 people. “I’m handing in

South Sudan | Cargo plane crashes along the Nile

A cargo plane that was reportedly overloaded crashed along the banks of the Nile River after taking off from the South Sudan’s capital, killing at least 25 people, witnesses and

Egyptian plane crash | Bodies of 33 victims identified in Russia

The number of plane crash victims identified by grief-stricken Russian families rose to 33 yesterday as rescue teams in Egypt combed the Sinai desert for more remains and parts of

This Day in History | 1952 – Landslide victory for Eisenhower

The new president-elect gained 31,552,768 popular votes and has won, or is leading, in 38 states. This gives him 431 electoral college votes, significantly more than the 266 he needed

Offbeat | Boston official says Bieber graffiti tweet was sarcasm

The pop singer asked artists around the world last week to paint murals inspired by tracks from his upcoming album, which is set to release Friday. The singer posted a photo

The Buzz | 2,000 households lose power on Monday night

More than 2,000 households in the Three Lamps District were affected by an abrupt power outage on Monday. The blackout occurred at around half past seven in the evening as

Storm kills 1, causes severe flooding in Portugal, Spain

Authorities say a heavy storm has killed one person and caused severe flooding in Portugal’s Algarve region. Authorities were cleaning up and counting the cost of the damage in the seaside

World Briefs

NEPAL A bus packed with passengers riding inside and on its roof veers off a mountain road in northwest Nepal, killing 30 people and injuring 35 others. UK Banking group Standard

Egypt | El-Sisi dismisses Islamic State claim to Russian plane crash

Egypt’s president dismissed Islamic State’s claim that it brought down a Russian airliner on Egyptian soil over the weekend, as investigators tried to piece together clues to what caused the

South Africa | Prosecutor seeks murder conviction as Pistorius case goes to appeal

A prosecutor yesterday sought a murder conviction against Oscar Pistorius before South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal, saying a lower court erred in acquitting the double-amputee athlete of that charge

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