Category Archives: World
Death toll in attack on Christmas market in Germany rises to 5
MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) - The death toll in the attack on a busy Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has risen to five, the state governor said Saturday. Saxony-Anhalt Gov. Reiner Haselof...
Dec 21, 2024
Senate passes Social Security benefits boost for many public service retirees
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in one...
Dec 20, 2024
A Missouri judge says the state’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, ensuring legal abortions
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A judge ruled Friday that Missouri's near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, ensuring abortion will be legal in the state. Jackson County...
Dec 20, 2024
A Missouri judge says the state’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, ensuring legal abortions
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A judge ruled Friday that Missouri's near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, ensuring abortion will be legal in the state. Jackson County...
Dec 20, 2024
Missouri governor commutes sentence of white police officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's governor commuted the sentence of a white Kansas City police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man whose deat...
Dec 20, 2024
France's anti-terrorism court convicts 8 people of involvement in the 2020 beheading of a teacher
PARIS (AP) - France's anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty four years ago. Paty was killed outside his school near Paris on Oct....
Dec 20, 2024
Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019
ROME (AP) - A court in Sicily Friday found Italian Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship in 2019, when he was interior minister. ...
Dec 20, 2024
A car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in Germany
BERLIN (AP) - A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German news agency dpa reported. The driver of the car was arrested, the agenc...
Dec 20, 2024
Italian court clears Vice Premier Salvini of illegally detaining migrants on a rescue ship in 2019
ROME (AP) - A court in Sicily Friday found Vice Premier Matteo Salvini not guilty of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship when he was interior minister. The court dropped...
Dec 20, 2024
Murder and terrorism charges brought against Iranian officer in 2022 killing of American in Iraq
NEW YORK (AP) - An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq has been charged in New York with federal murder and terrorism crimes, authorities announced on Friday. Federal au...
Dec 20, 2024
