Category Archives: World
Israeli airstrikes killed 8 people in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics say
CAIRO (AP) - Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least eight people, including a local reporter who was operating a drone. The Indonesian Hospital said it received ei...
Mar 15, 2025
Starmer tells global leaders to 'keep the pressure' on Putin over ceasefire in Ukraine
LONDON (AP) - U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told global leaders to "keep the pressure" on Russian President Vladimir Putin to back a ceasefire in Ukraine. In his opening remarks Saturday to a v...
Mar 15, 2025
Starmer tells global leaders to 'keep the pressure' on Putin over ceasefire in Ukraine
LONDON (AP) - U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told global leaders to "keep the pressure" on Russian President Vladimir Putin to back a ceasefire in Ukraine. In his opening remarks Saturday to a v...
Mar 15, 2025
Big March storm fans wildfires and kills 3 as forecasters fear weekend tornado outbreak
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A sprawling storm system crossing the U.S. on Friday caused deadly crashes, overturned semitrucks and fanned dozens of wildfires in several central states, prompting evacuation or...
Mar 14, 2025
Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned next week after a federal appeals court on Friday overturned a preliminary injunction granted b...
Mar 14, 2025
Texas lawmaker introduces bill to clarify medical exceptions in state's abortion ban
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas lawmaker who helped pioneer the state's restrictive abortion laws introduced a bill on Friday to clarify medical exceptions allowed under the law, representing a pivot fro...
Mar 14, 2025
Appeals court lifts blocks on Trump's orders restricting diversity, equity and inclusion programs
WASHINGTON (AP) - An appeals court on Friday lifted a block on executive orders seeking to end government support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs, handing the Trump administration a win a...
Mar 14, 2025
Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to the US 'is no longer welcome' in the country
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that South Africa's ambassador to the United States "is no longer welcome" in the country. Rubio, in a post on X, accused Ebrahim Rasool of...
Mar 14, 2025
Bill to avert government shutdown clears key hurdle with help from Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) - A spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate, paving the way for passage as a midnight Friday deadline loomed. Ten De...
Mar 14, 2025
Trump pledges to 'expel rogue actors' in political speech at Justice Department
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump used a triumphant visit to the Justice Department on Friday to air a litany of grievances about the criminal investigations that threatened to torpedo his poli...
Mar 14, 2025
