Category Archives: World
Barcelona game is postponed after a member of its medical staff dies
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona's home game against Osasuna has been postponed after the death of a member of Barcelona's medical staff, the Spanish club said. Fans were informed of the decision min...
Mar 08, 2025
Pope Francis responding well to pneumonia therapy and showing 'gradual, slight improvement'
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis is responding "well" to therapy for double pneumonia and has shown a "gradual, slight improvement" in recent days, the Vatican said Saturday. But as a precaution his doctors h...
Mar 08, 2025
2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 600 people dead
BEIRUT (AP) - The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 600, a war...
Mar 08, 2025
South Korea's impeached President Yoon released from prison
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - TV footage on Saturday showed South Korea's impeached Yoon Suk Yeol coming out of prison. Yoon waved his hand and deeply bowed to his supporters after he came out of a detent...
Mar 08, 2025
Mystery solved? A submerged car from the 1950s may belong to a missing Oregon family
After two days of dredging, a crane on Friday pulled a Ford station wagon from the Columbia River that officials believe belonged to an Oregon family who disappeared while on a trip 66 years ago to co...
Mar 07, 2025
A South Carolina man executed by firing squad is the first US prisoner killed this way in 15 years
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man convicted of murder was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner to die by that method in 15 years. Brad Sigmon, 67, was pronounced dead at 6...
Mar 07, 2025
Expert tells judge to dismiss charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams without allowing refiling of them
NEW YORK (AP) - A former U.S. solicitor general brought in to help a federal judge decide whether to accept a Justice Department request to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Ada...
Mar 07, 2025
Lake Placid awaits word on whether it'll be picked as the Olympic sliding site for 2026 Games
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - Picture this: A sliding athlete wins an Olympic medal in Lake Placid next winter, then is chauffeured down to New York for an award ceremony at Rockefeller Center a few days l...
Mar 07, 2025
Mexican cartel leader’s son is sentenced to life in prison for role in major drug trafficking plot
WASHINGTON (AP) - The son of a Mexican drug cartel boss has been sentenced to life in prison for his own leadership role in one of the country's largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organiza...
Mar 07, 2025
Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Department of Homeland Security says it's ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administrati...
Mar 07, 2025
