Category Archives: World
EU leaders agree on 90 billion-euro loan to Ukraine after a plan to use Russian assets unravels
BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union leaders agreed on Friday to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years, but they failed to bridge dif...
Dec 18, 2025
Florida man executed for the killings of a man and his girlfriend during a home invasion
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of fatally shooting a man and his girlfriend during a home invasion robbery was put to death Thursday evening in a record 19th execution in Florida this year. Frank...
Dec 18, 2025
NASCAR mourns the loss of Greg Biffle, family in tragic plane crash in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Greg Biffle was picked by NASCAR as one of its top 75 drivers in history. He was a Hall of Fame nominee for the stock car series and he drove for 18 years at the top of the spor...
Dec 18, 2025
NASCAR mourns the loss of Greg Biffle, family in tragic plane crash in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Greg Biffle was picked by NASCAR as one of its top 75 drivers in history. He was a Hall of Fame nominee for the stock car series and he drove for 18 years at the top of the spor...
Dec 18, 2025
Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire, officials say
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility where he had rented a unit, offici...
Dec 18, 2025
Arizona jury sentences man to death in string of killings in metro Phoenix during 2017
PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona jury on Thursday sentenced a man to death in a string of killings in metro Phoenix during a three-week span in 2017, marking the end of a seven-month trial over attacks that ...
Dec 18, 2025
About half of Medicaid's $18B in claims paid to Minnesota programs may be fraudulent, official says
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - About half or more of the roughly $18 billion in claims paid out by Medicaid to Minnesota-run programs may have been fraudulent, and at least 14 programs were likely exploited, a fe...
Dec 18, 2025
Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family among 7 killed in North Carolina plane crash
STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A business jet crashed Thursday while trying to return to a North Carolina airport shortly after takeoff, killing all seven people aboard, including retired NASCAR driver Greg...
Dec 18, 2025
Brian Walshe is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife, whose body was never found
BOSTON (AP) - A Boston-area man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the grisly murder of his wife, who disappeared nearly three years ago and whose body has never been found. Brian Walshe, 50...
Dec 18, 2025
Pope names fellow Chicagoan, Bishop Ronald Hicks, as new archbishop of New York
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV on Thursday made his most important U.S. appointment to date, naming a fellow Chicagoan as the next archbishop of New York to lead one of the biggest U.S. archdioceses...
Dec 18, 2025
