Category Archives: World
Rudy Giuliani injured in New Hampshire car crash, his spokesperson says
Rudy Giuliani is recovering from a fractured vertebrae and other injuries following a car crash in New Hampshire, a spokesperson for the former New York City mayor said Sunday. Giuliani's vehicle was ...
Aug 31, 2025
US judge bars government from sending Guatemalan children back, for now
HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) - A U.S. judge at least temporarily blocked the government Sunday from deporting a group of Guatemalan children who had crossed the border without their families, after their law...
Aug 31, 2025
Israel kills Hamas spokesperson as hospitals report dozens killed in Gaza City
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, announced Sunday that Abu Obeida, a spokesperson for Hamas' armed wing, was killed in Gaza over the weekend. Obeida's last stat...
Aug 31, 2025
Pope Leo XIV denounces 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV on Sunday denounced the "pandemic of arms, large and small," as he prayed publicly for the victims of the shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States. ...
Aug 31, 2025
The unwritten rules of tennis, and why post-match handshakes sometimes go awry
NEW YORK (AP) - There's been a lot of talk about the unwritten rules of tennis during Week 1 of this U.S. Open, whether it's the necessity of a " sorry, not sorry " raised hand after a let cord or the...
Aug 30, 2025
Israeli airstrike kills Houthi rebel prime minister in Sanaa
CAIRO (AP) - The Iranian-backed Houthis said Saturday an Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in a Th...
Aug 30, 2025
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
