Category Archives: World
2 women shot on campus of small technical college near Los Angeles
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Two women were shot on the campus of a Southern California technical college Friday and taken to the hospital, authorities said. Mayor James Butts of Inglewood said the shooti...
May 02, 2025
Polls open in Singapore's election as its long-ruling party seeks a bigger win
SINGAPORE (AP) - Polls opened Saturday in Singapore's general election that is seen as the first key test of support for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office last year. His People's Action Pa...
May 02, 2025
Military parade to celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary will be held on Trump's birthday
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Army on Friday confirmed there will be a military parade on President Donald Trump's birthday in June, as part of the celebration around the service's 250th birthday. Plans for t...
May 02, 2025
Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting elite law firm, a blow to his retribution campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday blocked a White House executive order targeting an elite law firm, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump's campaign of retribution against the legal p...
May 02, 2025
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan dies at 91. He halted executions and went to prison for corruption
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, disgraced by a corruption scandal that landed him in prison yet heralded by some for clearing the state's death row, has died. He was 91. Kan...
May 02, 2025
Man sentenced to 53 years in prison in hate-crime attack on Palestinian-American boy, mother
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois landlord who murdered a 6-year-old Muslim boy and severely injured the boy's mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday...
May 02, 2025
7 people are dead after a pickup and tour van collided near Yellowstone, police say
ISLAND PARK, Idaho (AP) - A pickup truck and tour van collision near Yellowstone National Park has killed seven people and injured eight others, Idaho State Police say. The crash happened just before ...
May 02, 2025
Alternative for Germany is listed as a 'right-wing extremist' party by domestic intelligence agency
BERLIN (AP) - The German domestic intelligence service said Friday it has classified the Alternative for Germany party, which placed second in national elections in February, as a "right-wing extremis...
May 02, 2025
Drones strike ship carrying aid to Gaza, humanitarian group says
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Drones attacked a vessel carrying aid to Gaza while it was off the coast of Malta on Friday, the humanitarian group organizing the shipment said. A fire broke out but was broug...
May 02, 2025
Vatican firefighters install a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for the papal election
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to P...
May 01, 2025
