Category Archives: World
Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin to lead Homeland Security as TSA standoff deepens
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary late Monday, approving President Donald Trump's nominee to take over the embattled department after the firing of...
Mar 23, 2026
At least 66 killed in military plane crash in Colombia, head of armed forces says
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - A military transport plane with 128 people on board, mostly soldiers, crashed shortly after taking off Monday in Puerto Leguizamo, Colombia, killing at least 66 people and leav...
Mar 23, 2026
Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court 's conservative majority on Monday sounded skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a persistent target of President Donald Tr...
Mar 23, 2026
Pilot and copilot killed in collision between jet and fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport
NEW YORK (AP) - Two people were killed and several others badly hurt when an Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on a runway while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, of...
Mar 22, 2026
Air Canada flight collides with a Port Authority vehicle at New York's LaGuardia Airport
NEW YORK (AP) - An Air Canada flight collided with a Port Authority vehicle after landing at LaGuardia Airport, according to authorities. The New York Police Department confirmed the collision but cou...
Mar 22, 2026
Trump says Iran is eager for a deal to end the war as he extends deadline to allow for diplomacy
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. was talking with an Iranian leader and claimed the Islamic Republic was eager for a deal to end the war. He also ext...
Mar 22, 2026
Iran threatens to attack Mideast electrical plants powering US bases
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - As U.S. President Donald Trump's deadline on opening the Strait of Hormuz approaches, Iran on Monday threatened to attack Mideast electrical plants powering American...
Mar 22, 2026
Jewish charity's ambulances set on fire. UK counter-terror police probe it as antisemitic attack
LONDON (AP) - Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set on fire early Monday morning in London, in what British police are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime. Though it has not be...
Mar 22, 2026
Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce and her 3 children found dead in house fire, league says
NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children were killed Saturday in a weekend house fire in Minnesota, the league announced on its sports website Sunday. Pierce, 37, covered the Minnesota Wild as...
Mar 22, 2026
Socialist Grégoire becomes Paris mayor as the far right wins Nice in key municipal elections
PARIS (AP) - Socialist candidate Emmanuel Grgoire won the Paris race Sunday, succeeding fellow party member Anne Hidalgo as the French capital's mayor, as results of the final round of municipal elect...
Mar 22, 2026
