Category Archives: World
Judge rejects defense that Gaudreau brothers contributed to their deaths by cycling while impaired
SALEM, N.J. (AP) - The family of NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew listened in pain Tuesday as lawyers debated whether the men's own drinking contributed to their deaths when t...
Apr 15, 2025
Peruvian court sentences former President Humala and wife to 15 years for money laundering
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison for laundering funds received from Brazilian construction gi...
Apr 15, 2025
Four journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny convicted of extremism
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian court convicted four journalists of extremism Tuesday for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to 5 1/2 ...
Apr 15, 2025
Iranian supreme leader expresses endorsement of talks with US
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that the first round of talks with the United States went "well," in his first public comment on the negotiations, state televisio...
Apr 15, 2025
Singapore dissolves parliament, paving the way for general elections
Singapore's parliament was dissolved Tuesday, paving the way for general elections in which the city-state's long-ruling People's Action Party will seek to strengthen its dominance under Prime Ministe...
Apr 15, 2025
FAA emergency order grounds NYC helicopter tour company involved in deadly crash
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal aviation regulators issued an emergency order Monday grounding the helicopter tour company involved in a deadly New York crash after learning it had fired its operations direct...
Apr 14, 2025
Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard
BOSTON (AP) - The federal government says it's freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won't comply with the Trump administr...
Apr 14, 2025
Boxing legend George Foreman remembered for love of family, faith, cheeseburgers
HOUSTON (AP) - George Foreman was remembered Monday in a memorial service in his hometown of Houston for his legendary boxing career as well as for his love of God, family, horses and cheeseburgers - ...
Apr 14, 2025
Attack by gunmen leaves at least 40 people dead in Nigeria, the country's president says
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's president said on Monday that at least 40 people were killed when Muslim gunmen, believed to be herders, attacked a Christian farming community in the north-central par...
Apr 14, 2025
US Army to control land on Mexico border as part of base, migrants could be detained, officials say
WASHINGTON (AP) - A long sliver of federal land along the U.S.-Mexico border that President Donald Trump is turning over to the Department of Defense would be controlled by the Army as part of a base,...
Apr 14, 2025
