Category Archives: World
Airstrikes target Yemen's rebel-held capital after Houthi attack targets Israel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A series of intense airstrikes shook Yemen's rebel-held capital early Thursday, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel. It wasn't immediately clear w...
Dec 18, 2024
Airstrikes target Yemen's rebel-held capital after Houthi attack targets Israel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A series of intense airstrikes shook Yemen's rebel-held capital early Thursday, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel. It wasn't immediately clear w...
Dec 18, 2024
Former top aide to New York City's mayor expected in court on criminal charges, AP source says
NEW YORK (AP) - A former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expected in court Thursday to face corruption charges in the latest blow to an administration beset by searches, resignations and...
Dec 18, 2024
Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans ...
Dec 18, 2024
Montana's top court upholds landmark ruling in youth climate case over greenhouse gas emissions
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Montana's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents' constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, g...
Dec 18, 2024
Senate passes defense bill that will raise troop pay and aims to counter China's power
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate passed a defense bill Wednesday that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members and boost overall military spending to $895 billion while stripp...
Dec 18, 2024
House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz ethics report, source says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Ethics Committee has voted in secret to release the long-awaited ethics report into ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, raising the possibility that the allegations against the Florida Rep...
Dec 18, 2024
Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings pleads not guilty
LONDON (AP) - A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer had not guilty pleas entered on his...
Dec 18, 2024
Indiana law shrouds executions in secrecy, prompting new pushes for public oversight
From public hangings in the town square to lethal injections witnessed by journalists, executions historically have mostly been carried out with at least some public scrutiny. Indiana was expected to ...
Dec 18, 2024
Man convicted of quadruple homicide is put to death in Indiana's 1st execution in 15 years
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister's fianc decades ago was put to death Wednesday, marking the state's first execution in 1...
Dec 17, 2024
