Category Archives: World
University of Virginia president resigns under Trump administration pressure on DEI, AP source says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The president of the University of Virginia is resigning his position under pressure from the Justice Department, which had pushed for his departure amid scrutiny of the school's div...
Jun 27, 2025
Funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 decomposing bodies sentenced to 20 years prison
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed nearly 190 dead bodies in a decrepit building and sent grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 20 years in prison in federal court Friday ...
Jun 27, 2025
Trump says Iran must open itself to inspection to verify it doesn't restart its nuclear program
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday he expects Iran to open itself to international inspection to verify it doesn't restart its nuclear program. Asked during a White ...
Jun 27, 2025
Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirements
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court preserved a key part of the Affordable Care Act's preventive health care coverage requirements on Friday, rejecting a challenge from Christian employers to the prov...
Jun 27, 2025
Flash floods in Pakistan kill 8 and 58 are rescued after deluge swept away dozens
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Flash floods triggered by pre-monsoon rains swept away dozens of tourists in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least eight people. The nationwide death toll from rain-...
Jun 27, 2025
Japan executes man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering 9 people in his apartment
TOKYO (AP) - A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan's Justice Ministry said. Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitte...
Jun 26, 2025
Tampa Bay Rays’ Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case, receives 2-year suspended sentence
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop facing sexual abuse charges, was found guilty on Thursday but received a two-year suspended sentence. Fran...
Jun 26, 2025
Prosecutors tell judge government plans to deport Abrego Garcia to a country that's not El Salvador
Federal prosecutors told a judge Thursday that the government plans to initiate removal proceedings against Kilmar Abrego Garcia and to deport him to a country that is not El Salvador upon his release...
Jun 26, 2025
Iran's supreme leader warns against further American attacks in his first statement since ceasefire
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday his country had delivered a "slap to America's face" with its strike on an American base in Qatar, and ...
Jun 26, 2025
Ecuador recaptures gang leader wanted in the United States more than a year after his prison escape
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian Pr...
Jun 25, 2025
