Category Archives: World
A'ja Wilson wins AP Female Athlete of the Year following historic 4th WNBA MVP
A'ja Wilson stood atop the WNBA again in 2025, winning an unprecedented fourth MVP as her Las Vegas Aces earned a third championship in four seasons. For that, she earned The Associated Press Female A...
Dec 10, 2025
After months in hiding, Venezuelan opposition leader Machado reappears as a Nobel laureate
OSLO, Norway (AP) - Venezuelan opposition leader Mara Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months Thursday after a daring escape from her homeland when she emerged from a hotel b...
Dec 9, 2025
Democrat wins Miami mayor’s race for the first time in nearly 30 years
MIAMI (AP) - Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak and give Demo...
Dec 9, 2025
Florida executes a man convicted of killing a woman during a 1989 home invasion
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of fatally stabbing and beating a woman during a home invasion decades ago was executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was pronounced dead at 6...
Dec 9, 2025
Shooting at Kentucky State University leaves 1 dead, 1 hurt and a suspect in custody, officials say
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - At least one student was killed and another was critically wounded in a shooting near a residence hall at Kentucky State University on Tuesday, and a suspect was in custody, offi...
Dec 9, 2025
San Diego officials approve $30M settlement for family of teen killed by police
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The San Diego City Council on Tuesday approved a $30 million payment to the family of a 16-year-old youth killed by police in one of the largest such settlements in the U.S. The settl...
Dec 9, 2025
Opponents of Trump-backed redistricting in Missouri submit a petition to force a public vote
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Opponents of Missouri's new congressional map submitted thousands of petition signatures Tuesday calling for a statewide referendum on a redistricting plan backed by Preside...
Dec 9, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader's news conference called off a day before Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
OSLO, Norway (AP) - A planned news conference Tuesday by Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mara Corina Machado was canceled after a several-hour delay, a day before the award c...
Dec 9, 2025
Justice Department can unseal Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case records, judge says
NEW YORK (AP) - The Justice Department can publicly release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge sa...
Dec 9, 2025
Dominican court orders new trial for Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco in sexual abuse case
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) - An appeals court in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday ordered a new trial for Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who was convicted earlier this year of sex...
Dec 9, 2025
