Category Archives: World
The Bayeux Tapestry is at the British Museum after a secret journey from France
LONDON (AP) - After almost 1,000 years, the Bayeux Tapestry is back on English soil. In scenes like a heist movie in reverse, the priceless medieval artwork was spirited into the British Museum on Fri...
Jul 9, 2026
8 men indicted in planned drone and sniper attack on White House UFC cage-fighting show
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Eight men were indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges Thursday for their alleged roles in a thwarted drone and sniper attack on the UFC cage-fighting show staged at ...
Jul 9, 2026
Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87. Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in the ...
Jul 9, 2026
Wally Funk, aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to travel into space, dies at 87
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) - Wally Funk, an aviation pioneer who was the oldest woman to launch into space, has died. She was 87. Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in the ...
Jul 9, 2026
Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing said 'he wishes he hadn't done it,' roommate says in police video
PROVO, Utah (AP) - The defendant in Charlie Kirk's killing told his roommate "he wishes he hadn't done it" the day after the conservative activist was shot in the neck while speaking to a crowd at Uta...
Jul 9, 2026
Fire at a shoe factory kills 28 in one of China's deadliest blazes in recent years
BEIJING (AP) - A fire broke out at a shoe factory in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian on Thursday, killing 28 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Chinese President Xi Jinping dema...
Jul 9, 2026
Former Olympian pleads not guilty in Reflecting Pool damage case after Trump alleged vandalism
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former Olympic canoe racer pleaded not guilty on Thursday to deliberately damaging the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a politically charged case that his defe...
Jul 9, 2026
Flooding in southern China has killed 39 people
BEIJING (AP) - Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people have died in flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak, as Taiwan and China's east coast braced for another major storm expected to ...
Jul 8, 2026
Democrat Graham Platner says he plans to withdraw from Maine Senate race after sexual assault claim
Graham Platner said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the U.S. Senate race in Maine after facing an allegation of sexual assault, shuttering an insurgent campaign that had withstood months of c...
Jul 8, 2026
Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5.8M in Trump sex abuse and defamation case; Trump appeals
NEW YORK (AP) - Writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million awarded to her after a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump's ...
Jul 8, 2026
