Category Archives: World
Authorities charge man with sparking deadly January wildfire that leveled LA neighborhoods
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 29-year-old man has been charged with sparking California's deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in its history, authorities said Wednesday. Federal offici...
Oct 08, 2025
Manchester synagogue attacker pledged allegiance to Islamic State group, police say
LONDON (AP) - The assailant in last week's attack on a synagogue in the northwest of England that left two congregants dead pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, police said Wednesday. The at...
Oct 08, 2025
Joan Kennedy, first wife of Sen. Edward Kennedy, has died
BOSTON (AP) - Joan B. Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy who endured a troubled marriage marked by family tragedies, her husband's infidelities and her own decades-long struggles with ...
Oct 08, 2025
Comey pleads not guilty as lawyers signal intent to argue the case is politically motivated
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday in a criminal case that has highlighted the Justice Department's efforts to target adversaries of President Donald Trump, with lawyer...
Oct 08, 2025
Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to discovery that could trap C02 and bring water to deserts
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their development of new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside, laying the groundwork to pot...
Oct 08, 2025
Trump-backed Van Epps and Democrat Behn win Tennessee primaries for US House special election
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Matt Van Epps, a former commissioner in Gov. Bill Lee's administration who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, and Democratic state Rep. Aftyn Behn won their crowded primar...
Oct 07, 2025
National Guard members from Texas are in Illinois in Trump's latest move to send troops to cities
ELWOOD, Ill. (AP) - National Guard members from Texas were at an Army Reserve center in Illinois on Tuesday, the most visible sign yet of the Trump administration's plan to send troops to the Chicago ...
Oct 07, 2025
A newly elected mayor in Germany is found with serious stabbing wounds
BERLIN (AP) - The newly elected mayor of a town in western Germany was found with serious stabbing wounds on Tuesday, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz said she was the victim of "an abhorrent act." Iris ...
Oct 07, 2025
Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first foreign trip, says he'll bring message of peace
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) - Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday his first foreign trip, to Turkey and Lebanon next month, would provide a historic opportunity to promote Christian unity while bringing a messa...
Oct 07, 2025
Three scientists at US universities win Nobel Prize in physics for advancing quantum technology
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultra-sensitive measureme...
Oct 07, 2025
