Category Archives: World
South Carolina Supreme Court rules state death penalty including firing squad is legal
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state's death penalty, which now includes a firing squad as well as lethal injection and the electric chair, is legal. A...
Jul 31, 2024
Colombian President Petro calls on Venezuela's Maduro to release detailed vote counts from election
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday called on his close ally, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, to release detailed vote counts of the weekend election in which...
Jul 31, 2024
Critic of Arizona’s elections operations unseats incumbent election official in GOP primary
PHOENIX (AP) - State Rep. Justin Heap, a critic of Arizona's voting operations in 2020 and 2022 has unseated Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer in the Republican primary. Elsewhere, Primary Elect...
Jul 31, 2024
Sudan's military says its top commander survived a drone strike that killed 5 at an army ceremony
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military said its top commander, Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, survived a drone attack on a military graduation ceremony that killed five people in the country's east. The military sa...
Jul 31, 2024
UN report says Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities faced torture and mistreatment
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks have faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, ele...
Jul 30, 2024
About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, with the surge in warm feelings extending across multiple groups, including some ...
Jul 30, 2024
Kari Lake wins GOP primary for closely watched Arizona Senate race, will face Gallego in November
PHOENIX (AP) - Kari Lake won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Arizona on Tuesday, setting up a fierce battle against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego for a seat that could be crucial to ...
Jul 30, 2024
Iran says Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran. The statement gave no details on how Haniyeh was killed. State TV reported on h...
Jul 30, 2024
Rescuers search through mud and debris as deaths rise to 151 in landslides in southern India
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hundreds of rescue workers searched through mud and debris Wednesday from multiple landslides that have killed at least 151 people in southern India, police said. The multiple landsli...
Jul 30, 2024
Missouri man is free from prison after a judge overturned his 1991 conviction, despite AG's efforts
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A Missouri man was freed from prison Tuesday after his murder conviction was overturned after 34 years behind bars, despite the state attorney general's efforts to keep him there. Chr...
Jul 30, 2024
