Category Archives: World
Double Duty: For Danny Jansen, playing for both teams in same game is chance at baseball history
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen is enjoying his odd slice of baseball history as he prepares to become the first major league player to appear in the same game for both teams. Jansen...
Aug 25, 2024
National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Hector has formed in eastern Pacific
HONOLULU (AP) - The National Hurricane Center has tweeted that a new tropical storm, Hector, has formed well out at sea in the eastern Pacific. There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect, the...
Aug 25, 2024
Babe Ruth's 'called shot' jersey sells at auction for over $24 million
DALLAS (AP) - The jersey Babe Ruth wore when he called his shot during the 1932 World Series, hitting a home run to center field, sold at auction early Sunday for over $24 million. Heritage Auctions s...
Aug 25, 2024
2 separate bus accidents in Pakistan leave at least 35 people dead, officials say
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Two separate bus accidents hours apart in Pakistan on Sunday left at least 35 people dead and dozens more injured, officials said. The first happened when a bus carrying Shiite Muslim...
Aug 25, 2024
German police say a 26-year-old man has turned himself in, claiming to be Solingen knife attacker
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - German police said early Sunday that a 26-year-old man turned himself in, claiming to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded. Dsseld...
Aug 24, 2024
German police say a 26-year-old man has turned himself in, claiming to be Solingen knife attacker
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - German police said early Sunday that a 26-year-old man turned himself in, claiming to be behind the deadly Solingen knife attack that left three dead and eight wounded. Dsseld...
Aug 24, 2024
Israel says it is staging airstrikes inside Lebanon targeting the Shiite militia Hezbollah
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel launched airstrikes inside Lebanon early Sunday that its military said targeted positions of the Shiite militia Hezbollah. In a statement, the Israeli military accused Hezbolla...
Aug 24, 2024
Israel stages heavy airstrikes in Lebanon. It says they are pre-emptive strikes against Hezbollah
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel launched a series of intense airstrikes in southern Lebanon early Sunday in what it said was a pre-emptive strike against the Hezbollah militant group, threatening to trigger a...
Aug 24, 2024
Tropical Storm Hone steadily approaches Hawaii, threatening floods and fires
HONOLULU (AP) - Tropical Storm Hone, whose name is Hawaiian for "sweet and soft," drew near the islands Saturday with breezes that were expected to intensify - and increase the wildfire risk for drier...
Aug 24, 2024
German prosecutors don't rule out terrorism in knife attack at festival that killed 3
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) - A prosecutor says a terrorist motive has not been ruled out in a knife attack in western Germany in which three people were killed and seven wounded. Markus Caspers told a new...
Aug 24, 2024
