Category Archives: World
Teen gets life without parole for killing 4 at Georgia’s Apalachee High School
A judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole, calling hi...
Jul 28, 2026
Seattle police say 15-year-old arrested in connection with festival shooting had a ghost gun
SEATTLE (AP) - The 15-year-old arrested after a shootout at a food festival near Seattle's Space Needle over the weekend was armed with a ghost gun with an extended magazine, police said Tuesday. Poli...
Jul 28, 2026
Busiest US death chamber: Florida executes 2 men in a day, including an octogenarian
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - Florida on Tuesday became the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day, putting to death an 80-year-old man who was the second-oldest inmate known...
Jul 28, 2026
FIFA plan for Kushner-backed $20 billion operation to run World Cup meets fury from Europe's UEFA
GENEVA (AP) - FIFA President Gianni Infantino's plan to create a $20 billion company running the World Cup with private investors including the Kushner family was announced Tuesday - and immediately a...
Jul 28, 2026
Gunmen kill high-ranking Taliban official in Afghanistan in rare targeted attack
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Gunmen killed a high-ranking local Taliban official in Afghanistan's northwestern province of Badakhshan on Tuesday in a rare targeted killing in the country. Two gunmen shot...
Jul 28, 2026
France orders 4,000 more evacuated as fires displace a third of a million across southwest Europe
LEGE-CAP FERRET, France (AP) - French authorities ordered 4,000 more people evacuated from tourist sites along its Atlantic coast on Tuesday, widening what may be France's largest peacetime evacuation...
Jul 28, 2026
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shakes part of southern Japan but no tsunami detected
TOKYO (AP) - An earthquake registering a magnitude of 7.1 shook Kumamoto on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon and a tsunami advisory was temporarily issued, the Japan Meteo...
Jul 28, 2026
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting before midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to clear the way for an executive order from President Donald Trump that could dramatically change mail-in voting. The emer...
Jul 27, 2026
FIFA's Infantino targets critics he says spread 'hate and false rumors' about World Cup
GENEVA (AP) - One week after the World Cup final, FIFA President Gianni Infantino attacked perceived critics for "spreading hate and false rumors" about the tournament. Infantino praised FIFA for "del...
Jul 27, 2026
Wisconsin tornado causes extensive damage and cuts power to thousands of homes
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A tornado struck northeastern Wisconsin on Monday, blackening the midday sky and sending workers sheltering in office basements as ferocious winds splintered homes, scattered twis...
Jul 27, 2026
