Category Archives: World

Iga Swiatek beats Ons Jabeur for 1st US Open title, 3rd Slam
NEW YORK (AP) - Iga Swiatek beat Ons Jabeur 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the U.S. Open final on Saturday to claim her first championship at Flushing Meadows and third Grand Slam title overall. The No. 1-ranked Swi...
Sep 10, 2022

Russia announces troop pullback from Ukraine's Kharkiv area
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's Defense Ministry said Saturday that it is pulling back forces from two areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counter offensive has made significant advances...
Sep 10, 2022

5 dead after New Zealand boat flips in possible whale strike
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Five people in New Zealand died Saturday after the small charter boat they were aboard capsized, authorities say, in what may have been a collision with a whale. Another...
Sep 09, 2022

US, Trump team propose names for arbiter in Mar-a-Lago probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department and Donald Trump's legal team proposed candidates Friday for the role of an independent arbiter in the investigation into top-secret documents found at the for...
Sep 09, 2022

Trains collide in Croatia, killing at least 3, injuring 11
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) - A passenger train and freight train collided Friday night in central Croatia, killing at least three people and injuring another 11 or more, authorities said. The collision happ...
Sep 09, 2022

Sheriff: 3 children among victims shot to death in Maryland
ELKTON, Md. (AP) - Two adults and three children were found shot to death Friday at a Maryland house after a man called 911 from the home to report a shooting, authorities said. Cecil County Sheriff S...
Sep 09, 2022

Ex-Miss America Mund qualifies as ND congressional candidate
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Former Miss America Cara Mund has qualified to appear on the November ballot as an independent candidate for North Dakota's sole U.S. House seat, the secretary of state's office ...
Sep 09, 2022

Suspect in Memphis shooting rampage granted public defender
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man accused of killing four people and wounding three others in a livestreamed shooting rampage that paralyzed Memphis and led to a city-wide manhunt was granted a pu...
Sep 09, 2022

Board puts abortion rights question on Michigan fall ballot
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan election board placed an abortion-rights proposal on the fall ballot Friday, obeying an order from the state's highest court and closing a record-breaking petition dri...
Sep 09, 2022

IAEA: Ukraine power plant needs safe zone to avoid disaster
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The head of the U.N. atomic watchdog says conditions at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are increasingly precarious and a safety zone around it needs to be established ...
Sep 09, 2022