Category Archives: World
Utah Supreme Court blocks execution of prisoner with dementia who chose to die by firing squad
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state's Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia...
Aug 29, 2025
US revokes visas of Palestinian president and other officials ahead of UN General Assembly
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month's annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General...
Aug 29, 2025
California energy regulators pause efforts to penalize oil companies for high profits
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California energy regulators Friday put the brakes on plans requiring oil companies to pay a penalty if their profits climb too high, a temporary win for the fossil fuel indu...
Aug 29, 2025
Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter sentenced to just over a year
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to just over a year in prison Frida...
Aug 29, 2025
Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter sentenced to just over a year
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced to just over a year in prison Frida...
Aug 29, 2025
Sen. Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month that she won't run for reelection in 2026
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa's first woman elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month she will not seek reelection, leaving another ho...
Aug 29, 2025
Appeals court blocks Trump administration from ending legal protections for 600,000 Venezuelans
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration's plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the Uni...
Aug 29, 2025
Texas governor signs new voting maps pushed by Trump to gain five GOP seats in Congress in 2026
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law a new congressional voting map designed to help Republicans gain more seats in the 2026 midterm elections, delivering a win for Pr...
Aug 29, 2025
A conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice won’t run again, creating an open seat
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A conservative justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Friday that she will not seek reelection, creating an open race for a seat on the court that's controlled 4-3 by liberal...
Aug 29, 2025
Mauritania's coast guard says at least 49 died when a boat carrying migrants capsized this week
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) - At least 49 people died and nearly 100 are still missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized this week, the Mauritanian coast guard said Friday. Authorities said the ...
Aug 29, 2025
