Category Archives: World
Jannik Sinner beats 2-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz to win his first Wimbledon title
LONDON (AP) - Jannik Sinner defeated two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to win his first Wimbledon championship and reverse the result of their epic French Open fi...
Jul 13, 2025
French President Macron announces 6.5 billion euros in extra military spending in next two years
PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced 6.5 billion euros in extra military spending in the next two years because of new and unprecedented threats, from Russia to terrorists...
Jul 13, 2025
An official says a historic Grand Canyon lodge has been destroyed by wildfire
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) - A historic lodge on the Grand Canyon's North Rim has been destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire, the park said Sunday. The Grand Canyon Lodge, the only lodging i...
Jul 13, 2025
Nigeria's ex-president Buhari, twice leader of Africa's most populous nation, dies aged 82
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who led Nigeria twice as a military head of state and a democratic president has died aged 82, his press secretary said Sunday. Buha...
Jul 13, 2025
Emergency crews suspend search for flooding victims in central Texas amid new flood warnings.
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) - Emergency crews suspended their search for victims of catastrophic flooding in central Texas on Sunday morning amid new warnings that additional rain would again cause waterway...
Jul 13, 2025
Palestinian death toll in the 21-month-long war in Gaza tops 58,000, Gaza health officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Palestinian death toll in the 21-month-long war in Gaza has surpassed 58,000, the Health Ministry in the territory said Sunday. The ministry does not distinguish b...
Jul 13, 2025
From one 14 to another, White Sox great Konerko gets gift from Pope Leo XIV
CHICAGO (AP) - White Sox great Paul Konerko got a present from one No. 14 to another in honor of the 20th anniversary of the 2005 World Series championship run - a jersey signed by noted Chicago fan P...
Jul 12, 2025
Iga Swiatek defeats Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 to win her first Wimbledon title
LONDON (AP) - Iga Swiatek won her first Wimbledon championship with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Amanda Anisimova on Saturday in the first women's final at the tournament in 114 years in which one player f...
Jul 12, 2025
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the y...
Jul 12, 2025
Trump tours Texas flood damage as the disaster tests his pledge to do away with FEMA
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday toured the devastation from catastrophic flooding in Texas and lauded local officials amid mounting criticism that they failed to warn resident...
Jul 11, 2025
