Category Archives: World
Polls open in general election in Ghana overshadowed by the worst economic crisis in a generation
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Polls opened in presidential and legislative elections in Ghana Saturday, poised to be a litmus test for democracy in a region shaken by extremist violence and coups. Some 18.7 mil...
Dec 06, 2024
South Korean president says he won't seek to impose martial law again, 'truly sorry' for anxiety
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's president said he's "truly sorry" for causing public anxiety with his declaration of martial law earlier this week, and promised not to make another attempt to ...
Dec 06, 2024
Burkina Faso's military junta sacks the prime minister and dissolves the government
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - Burkina Faso's ruling military junta issued a decree Friday dismissing Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and announcing the dissolution of the natio...
Dec 06, 2024
State Sen. Jennifer Branning wins a Mississippi Supreme Court seat
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - State Sen. Jenifer Branning has won a seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court, defeating Justice Jim Kitchens. The Associated Press on Friday declared the race for Branning as coun...
Dec 06, 2024
State Sen. Jenifer Branning wins a Mississippi Supreme Court seat
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - State Sen. Jenifer Branning has won a seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court, defeating Justice Jim Kitchens. The Associated Press on Friday declared the race for Branning as coun...
Dec 06, 2024
Indianapolis police officers are acquitted in the 2022 death of a man at his parents’ home
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Two Indianapolis police officers were acquitted of manslaughter and other charges Friday in the death of a man after officers shocked him with a Taser and restrained him face down ...
Dec 06, 2024
Thousands flee as Syrian insurgents advance to the doorstep of the country's third-largest city
BEIRUT (AP) - Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs, the country's third largest, as insurgents seized two towns on the outskirts Friday, positioning themselves for an assault on a ...
Dec 06, 2024
Coroner says searchers think they have found missing Pennsylvania woman last seen near sinkhole
A Pennsylvania coroner's office said Friday that investigators believe they have located the body of a woman who was last seen four days earlier near a sinkhole above a shuttered coal mine. Sean Hriba...
Dec 06, 2024
Coroner says searchers think they have found missing Pennsylvania woman last seen near sinkhole
A Pennsylvania coroner's office said Friday that investigators believe they have located the body of a woman who was last seen four days earlier near a sinkhole above a shuttered coal mine. Sean Hriba...
Dec 06, 2024
Jurors in NYC subway chokehold case tell judge they can't reach a unanimous verdict
NEW YORK (AP) - The jurors in Daniel Penny's fatal subway chokehold trial told the judge Friday morning that they can't reach a unanimous verdict on the top charge of manslaughter. Judge Maxwell Wiley...
Dec 06, 2024
