IRAN-IRAQ QUAKE KILLS MORE THAN 100
IRAN» A powerful TEHRAN, earthquake shook the IranIraq border late Sunday, killing more than 140 people and injuring 860 in the mountainous region of Iran alone, state media there said.
The Baghdad government did not immediately give word on damage or casualties in that country.
The 7.3-magnitude quake was centered 19 miles outside the eastern Iraqi city of Halabja, according to the most recent measurements from the U.S. Geological Survey. It struck at a depth of 14.4 miles, a shallow depth that can have broader damage.
The quake was felt as far west as the Mediterranean coast. Its worst damage appeared to be in Iran’s western Kermanshah province, which sits in the Zagros Mountains that divide Iran and Iraq.
Iranian social media and news agencies showed images and videos of people fleeing their homes into the night. Some 50 aftershocks have followed.
Study: Women less likely to get CPR from bystanders.
CALIF.» A ANAHEIM, new study suggests that women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and are more likely to die. Researchers think that reluctance to touch a woman’s chest in public might be one reason.
The study involved nearly 20,000 cases around the country of cardiac arrest, where the heart suddenly stops beating. Only 39 percent of women suffering one in a public location were given CPR versus 45 percent of men, and men were 23 percent more likely to survive.
Rescuers may fear touching a woman’s breasts, but proper CPR doesn’t involve that. It requires pushing hard and fast in the middle of the chest between the breasts.
Slovenia’s president wins second term.
SLOVENIA» Slovenia President Borut Pahor was reelected to a second term Sunday after winning a runoff election against a former comedian who currently serves as the mayor of a northern town.
Pahor, 54, a veteran politician known as the “King of Instagram” for his frequent use of social media, won 53 percent of the vote, and challenger Marjan Sarec had 46 percent, preliminary results released by Slovenia’s election authorities.
“Thor” tops “Daddy’s Home 2,” “Orient Express.”
LOS ANGELES
» The God of Thunder isn’t ready to relinquish his box office throne yet.
Studios estimated Sunday that “Thor: Ragnarok” added $56.6 million from North American theaters in its second weekend, bringing its domestic total to $211.6 million.
The film, from Disney and Marvel, outgrossed each of its two predecessors domestically in just two weeks, not accounting for inflation. It easily beat out the comedy sequel “Daddy’s Home 2” and the lavish Agatha Christie adaptation “Murder on the Orient Express.”
Hundreds march against harassment.
Harvey Weinstein accuser Lauren Sivan and Oscarwinning producer Cathy Schulman were among the hundreds of women, men and children who gathered in the heart of Hollywood on Sunday for a pair of dual marches protesting sexual harassment. The Take Back the Workplace March and the #MeToo Survivors March joined forces on Sunset Boulevard chanting sing-songy phrases like “Harvey Weinstein is a joke, women workers just got work,” to “Not in pots, not in plants, keep your junk inside your pants.”
Lawsuit seeks new recourse on for-profit college fraud.
Two women who claim they were defrauded by a for-profit college have sued the Education Department and a private loan servicer in a case their attorneys say could provide a new legal remedy for tens of thousands of students frustrated with the department’s inaction on claims seeking loan forgiveness.
The lawsuit, filed Sunday in federal court in New York, comes as the department begins work this week rewriting Obama administration rules designed to boost protections for students defrauded by their schools.
Shawn Mendes wins best artist at MTV EMAs.
Shawn Mendes beat Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran to win the bestartist prize Sunday at the MTV EMAs, while the members of U2 were proclaimed global icons in a show that celebrated London’s diverse culture, from pubs to pirate radio.
Mendes, a 19-year-old Canadian star, also won the best-song trophy for “There’s Nothing Holdin’ Me Back,” to the delight of fans standing in a polite onstage mosh pit at the city’s SSE Arena. He also took the prize for best fans.
Court to hear appeal in Newtown shooting case.
Lawyers are set to ask the Connecticut Supreme Court to reinstate a wrongful death lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used in the 2012 Newtown school massacre.
Justices are scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in an appeal by a survivor and relatives of nine people killed in the shooting.
They’re trying to sue Remington Arms, the North Carolina company that made the Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle used to kill 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The gunman’s mother legally purchased the rifle. A lower court judge dismissed the lawsuit, saying federal law shields gun makers from most lawsuits over criminal use of their products.