Category Archives: World
Death toll in Lisbon streetcar crash rises to 17
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - The death toll in the Lisbon streetcar crash has risen to 17, an emergency services official said Thursday. Two of the injured died overnight in a hospital, Margarida Castro Ma...
Sep 04, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping
BEIJING (AP) - China's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that visiting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. There were no immediate details on when they would meet. K...
Sep 04, 2025
Bill to let Texans sue out-of-state abortion pill providers heads to governor
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A measure that would allow Texas residents to sue out-of-state abortion pill providers advanced to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott Wednesday, setting the state up to be the first to ...
Sep 03, 2025
Spanish Vuelta stage cut short because of disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters near finish line
BILBAO, Spain (AP) - The 11th stage of the Spanish Vuelta was cut short and finished without a winner because of a disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters near the finish line in the Basque Country c...
Sep 03, 2025
Judge reverses Trump administration's cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of the Trump administration's cuts to more than $2.6 billion in funding research grants for Harvard University. U.S. District ...
Sep 03, 2025
Landmark streetcar in Lisbon derails, killing 15 people
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - An electric streetcar that is one of Lisbon's landmarks and a big draw for tourists derailed Wednesday, killing 15 people and injuring 18 others, emergency services said. Five ...
Sep 03, 2025
Rubio says Venezuelan boat posed immediate threat, warns US military will continue targeting cartels
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday defended a U.S. strike on a boat operated by an alleged Venezuelan gang and warned that such operations "will happen again." Rubio said pr...
Sep 03, 2025
House rejects effort to censure New Jersey congresswoman
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House has rejected a resolution to censure Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., and remove her from a committee as she faces federal charges stemming from a visit to an immigration dete...
Sep 03, 2025
Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements and other he...
Sep 03, 2025
Spanish Vuelta stage cut short because of disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters near finish line
BILBAO, Spain (AP) - The 11th stage of the Spanish Vuelta was cut short and finished without a winner because of a disruption by pro-Palestinian protesters near the finish line in the Basque Country c...
Sep 03, 2025
