Category Archives: World
Explosions and fire tear through Ohio industrial building, killing 2 workers
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Explosions rocked an Ohio industrial recycling business early Tuesday, killing two workers and sparking a large fire, officials said. Flames and dark smoke poured from Brent Indust...
Aug 18, 2026
Minnesota attorney general sues Texas governor to compel extradition of ICE agent for trial
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday, seeking to compel the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent to stand t...
Aug 18, 2026
Trump says US has no talks planned with Iran and other news from the Middle East
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. has no talks planned with Iran but insisted the Strait of Hormuz remains "open and operating," despite limited traffic and a reported strike on a ship...
Aug 18, 2026
Student kills schoolmate and himself in livestreamed Philippine school attack, official says
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A high school student carrying two pistols shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in an attack in a southern Philippine high school campus that he liv...
Aug 17, 2026
Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema is declared the winner of a troubled election
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema was declared the winner Tuesday of a troubled election that saw vote counting suspended at one point because of violence at polling stations ...
Aug 17, 2026
Trump administration pauses contentious border construction in Texas' Big Bend National Park
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration says it is temporarily pausing construction of a controversial border construction project in the Big Bend National Park while the head of the agency tasked ...
Aug 17, 2026
Lindsay Clancy's sister, former coworker take the stand for the defense in her murder trial
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - The defense began calling witnesses Monday in the emotionally charged trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mom who has admitted killing her three young children but blamed...
Aug 17, 2026
Supreme Court again rebuffs Trump’s push to toss out $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll case
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump's push to throw out a jury's $5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York Cit...
Aug 17, 2026
Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea after the Republican president said it declined to help denuclea...
Aug 16, 2026
Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dead at 83
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tommy John, who won 288 games during a 26-year big league career and became the first pitcher to successfully return following groundbreaking elbow surgery that later was named afte...
Aug 16, 2026
