Category Archives: World

3 Chinese astronauts return to Earth after 6-month mission
BEIJING (AP) - Three Chinese astronauts landed in a northern desert on Sunday after six months working to complete construction of the Tiangong station, a symbol of the country's ambitious space progr...
Dec 04, 2022

State news: Iran executed 4 people it says spied for Israel
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian authorities executed four people Sunday accused of working for Israel's Mossad intelligence agency, the state-run IRNA news agency said. IRNA said the country's powerful Re...
Dec 03, 2022

Antisemitic celebrities stoke fears of normalizing hate
(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)U.S. Desk: Please file at 9a EST Saturday. NYSS504-507 are on hold.(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk) A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol, spread by a world-famous rapper, an NBA ...
Dec 03, 2022

GOP's Duarte takes California Central Valley US House seat
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Republican John Duarte defeated Democrat Adam Gray on Friday in a new California U.S. House district in the Central Valley farm belt that produced the closest congressional contest ...
Dec 02, 2022

Dems move to make South Carolina, not Iowa, 1st voting state
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats voted Friday to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024, a dramatic shakeup championed ...
Dec 02, 2022

Man arrested in fatal shooting of Migos rapper Takeoff
Police have arrested a 33-year-old man in the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff, who was killed last month outside a bowling alley in Houston. Houston police announced Friday that Patrick Xavier Clark ...
Dec 02, 2022

LGBTQ chorus in Colorado Springs unifies community with song
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Below the vaulted dome and dark wood beams of a church in Colorado Springs, a gay men's choir rehearsed for a concert that's taken on new meaning after a LGBTQ night clu...
Dec 01, 2022

Biden to Dems: Scrap caucuses, promote diversity in primary
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden says Democrats should move past "restrictive" caucuses and embrace diversity in the order of its presidential nominating calendar, dealing a major blow to Iowa's ...
Dec 01, 2022

Trump probe: Court halts Mar-a-Lago special master review
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court on Thursday ended an independent review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate, removing a hurdle the Justice Department said...
Dec 01, 2022

Justices keep student loan cancellation blocked for now
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday said the Biden administration program to cancel student loans will remain blocked for now, but the justices agreed to take up the case in late winter. T...
Dec 01, 2022