Category Archives: World

Mississippi changes legal team to handle welfare fraud case
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Human Services is hiring a different law firm to try to recover millions of dollars in welfare money that was misspent in the state's largest public...
Aug 18, 2022

Prosecutors rest their case against 2 men in Whitmer plot
Prosecutors have rested their case against two men on trial for a second time in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. The jury heard seven days of testimony before prosecu...
Aug 18, 2022

AP source: Browns QB Watson settles for 11-game suspension
Deshaun Watson has reached a settlement with the NFL and will serve an 11-game suspension and pay a $5 million fine rather than risk missing his first season as quarterback of the Cleveland Browns fol...
Aug 18, 2022

Israel closes Palestinian rights groups it labeled terrorist
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israel raided the offices of several Palestinian advocacy groups it had previously designated as terrorist organizations, sealing entrance doors and leaving notices declarin...
Aug 18, 2022

Police: Death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing now 21
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan's capital said the toll from a mosque bombing rose Thursday to 21 people killed with 33 others wounded in the attack. Khalid Zadran,...
Aug 18, 2022

16 dead, 36 missing in flash flood in western China
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese state media say that 16 people have died and 36 others are missing after a flash flood in western China's Qinghai province. A sudden rainstorm triggered a landslide that diverte...
Aug 17, 2022

Bombing at Kabul mosque kills 10, including prominent cleric
ISLAMABAD (AP) - A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 10 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 27, an eyewitnes...
Aug 17, 2022

Giuliani arrives to testify in Georgia 2020 election probe
ATLANTA (AP) - Rudy Giuliani arrived at an Atlanta courthouse Wednesday under a judge's order to appear before a special grand jury that is investigating attempts by former President Donald Trump and ...
Aug 17, 2022

Trump foe Liz Cheney defeated in Wyoming GOP primary
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Donald Trump's fiercest Republican adversary in Congress, was defeated in a GOP primary Tuesday, falling to a rival backed by the former president in a c...
Aug 16, 2022

Palin, Murkowski highlight Alaska's 2 elections on Tuesday
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Alaska voters get their first shot at using ranked voting in a statewide race Tuesday in a special U.S. House election in which Sarah Palin seeks a return to elected office. Also...
Aug 16, 2022