Category Archives: World
Watchdog report: Ex-Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer oversaw hostile work environment, misused funds
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer oversaw a "toxic, intimidating and humiliating" work environment and engaged in numerous violations of department policy, according to a new ...
Sep 4, 2026
Mistrial is declared in Lindsay Clancy child killings case after jury deadlocks
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - A judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial declared a mistrial Friday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in a case that sharply divided many Americans over whether the Massa...
Sep 4, 2026
Dozens die in Nigeria oil theft attempt after inhaling toxic fumes
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - At least 37 people died in Nigeria's oil-producing Rivers state as they were trying to steal oil from a loading vessel, an advocacy group said Friday. The Youths and Environmenta...
Sep 4, 2026
Rescuers pull 2 trapped workers from a hydropower tunnel 9 days after Nepal floods
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from an underground tunnel at a hydropower plant Friday, raising hopes of reaching dozens of others believed to be trapped nine days ...
Sep 3, 2026
Trump names Adam Telle as acting Army secretary following the departure of Driscoll
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pe...
Sep 3, 2026
Maryland’s top court allows Democratic-backed congressional redistricting measure on November ballot
Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part of nationwide battle for control of the U.S. House in future elections. The ...
Sep 3, 2026
Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it to be put to a vote
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri Supreme Court has unanimously blocked new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election and ordered a statew...
Sep 3, 2026
Trump again appeals to Supreme Court on mail-voting restrictions with midterm elections looming
BOSTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to reject an order by a federal judge that halts it from implementing a new rule regulating mail ballots, hours after being u...
Sep 3, 2026
Lindsay Clancy trial ends without a verdict for a sixth day after drama in the courtroom
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial went home without a verdict Thursday in a dramatic sixth day of deliberations, after the jury's foreperson sent the judge a note ...
Sep 3, 2026
Man who carried out deadly Minneapolis apartment shooting was investigated for handgun in June
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The man who carried out a deadly shooting in a Minneapolis apartment building had been investigated in June after displaying a handgun, but wasn't charged, the county prosecutor sai...
Sep 3, 2026
