Category Archives: World
UConn returns to top of women's basketball, dominates South Carolina 82-59 to capture its 12th title
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - UConn is back on top of women's basketball, winning its 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday behind Azzi Fudd's 24 points. Sarah S...
Apr 06, 2025
Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's NHL career goals record by scoring his 895th
NEW YORK (AP) - Alex Ovechkin has broken Wayne Gretzky's record for the most goals in NHL history by scoring the 895th of his career. The Washington Capitals' captain made history Sunday against the N...
Apr 06, 2025
Second child died from measles-related causes in West Texas, where cases are nearing 500
A second school-aged child in West Texas has died from a measles-related illness, a hospital spokesman confirmed Sunday, as the outbreak continues to swell. Aaron Davis, a spokesperson for UMC Health ...
Apr 06, 2025
Pope appears before crowd in St. Peter’s Square, 2 weeks after his release from hospital
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis was rolled into St. Peter's Square in a wheelchair during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican on Sunday since his r...
Apr 06, 2025
Anthony, Howard, Redeem Team, Bird, Arison, Fowles, Crawford, Donovan, Moore in Hall of Fame class
Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are going into the Basketball Hall of Fame later this year, not once but twice. And LeBron James and Chris Paul are part of the group that's headed to the Hall as wel...
Apr 05, 2025
Israeli troops deploy to a new corridor across Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel says troops have deployed to a newly established security corridor across southern Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday announced the new Morag Corridor to pres...
Apr 05, 2025
Senate GOP approves framework for Trump's tax breaks and spending cuts after all-night session
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurling past a hard line of De...
Apr 04, 2025
Gretzky witnesses Ovechkin moving 1 goal back of his record as he joins the chase in person
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wayne Gretzky witnessed Alex Ovechkin scoring his 893rd goal to move one back of tying his NHL record, as the Canadian great made his first in-person appearance during this chase. Gr...
Apr 04, 2025
Ovechkin scores his 893rd goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin did not take long to move one goal away from tying and two from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington Capitals' hom...
Apr 04, 2025
Ovechkin scores his 893rd career goal. He needs 1 to tie Gretzky and 2 to break the NHL record
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin has scored his 893rd career goal to move one back of tying and two away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record. Ovechkin beat Spencer Knight 3:52 into the Washington ...
Apr 04, 2025
