Category Archives: World
Former US Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has died at age 94
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Democratic US Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was also a founding member of the Co...
May 26, 2025
Marcel Ophuls, the Oscar-winning filmmaker who forced France to face its WWII past, is dead at 97
PARIS (AP) - Marcel Ophuls, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose landmark 1969 documentary "The Sorrow and the Pity" shattered the comforting myth that most of France had resisted the Nazis durin...
May 26, 2025
A court has acquitted Austrian ex-leader Sebastian Kurz of making false statements
VIENNA (AP) - A court in Vienna on Monday acquitted former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his government, reversing...
May 26, 2025
Russia sent a record number of drones into Ukraine overnight, an official says
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Ukrainian official said Monday that an overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine was the biggest of the three-year war. The Russian bombardment included 355 drones, Yuriy Ihnat,...
May 26, 2025
At least 11 hurt in South Carolina beach town shooting
LITTLE RIVER, S.C. (AP) - At least 11 people were taken to hospitals after a shooting Sunday night in a South Carolina beach town, authorities said. Horry County Police did not give the conditions of ...
May 25, 2025
Israeli airstrike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills 25, medics say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory's Health Ministr...
May 25, 2025
Alex Palou makes history as 1st Spanish driver to win the Indianapolis 500
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Alex Palou took the ceremonial swig of milk in victory lane at the Indianapolis 500. He allowed his wife to have a sip, she in turn gave a sip to their baby, and team owner Chip Ga...
May 25, 2025
Alex Palou makes history as first Spanish driver to win Indianapolis 500
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Alex Palou took the ceremonial swig of milk in victory lane at the Indianapolis 500. He allowed his wife to have a sip, she in turn gave a sip to their baby, and team owner Chip Ga...
May 25, 2025
Massive Russian drone-and-missile attack on Ukraine kills at least 7 people, officials say
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A massive Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine for a second consecutive night, killing at least seven people and injures dozens, officials said early Sunday. The atta...
May 24, 2025
Texas is closer to putting the Ten Commandments in classrooms after a key vote
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas would require all public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments under a Republican proposal that cleared a major vote Saturday and would make the state the nation...
May 24, 2025
