Category Archives: World
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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for obstructing ICE arrest of Mexican immigrant
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant out of her courtroom to evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. A ...
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Cargo plane wreckage found off Pakistan's coast as search continues for 5 missing crew
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Civilian and navy searchers off Pakistan's coast Wednesday located and recovered wreckage of a cargo plane that disappeared while approaching the southern port of Karachi while the se...
Jul 08, 2026
Pakistan military says insurgents killed 18 abducted policemen and 11 soldiers in separate attacks
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Insurgents killed 18 police officers who had been abducted earlier this week and 11 soldiers in a separate attack in restive southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, the military said. It ...
Jul 08, 2026
New AP-NORC poll reveals sharp divides among US Jews over Israel and Gaza
As Israel's actions continue to divide America's Jewish communities nearly three years into the latest war in Gaza, a new AP-NORC poll reveals that some of the biggest gaps are between religious and s...
Jul 08, 2026
Trump says US will give Ukraine license to produce Patriot defense systems
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said at a NATO summit Wednesday in Turkey that the U.S. will give Ukraine a license to make Patriot air defense systems to counter missile attacks fro...
Jul 07, 2026
Immigration agent fatally shot a man in Houston during an enforcement operation, authorities say
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a man in Houston after he attempted to evade arrest in his vehicle during an operation Tuesday, the agency said. The Department of Ho...
Jul 07, 2026