Category Archives: World

Maryland governor's race takes center stage on primary night
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - With Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan term-limited, the highly competitive contest to replace him took center stage Tuesday as voters cast ballots in the state's primary election. Hogan...
Jul 19, 2022

House approves same-sex marriage bill, retort to high court
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex and interracial marriages amid concerns that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion ...
Jul 19, 2022

Hoover Dam transformer explodes; no one hurt
BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) - A transformer exploded Tuesday at Hoover Dam, producing a cloud of thick, black smoke and flames that were quickly extinguished. No one was hurt and electricity continued to ...
Jul 19, 2022

Methanol in blood of teens who died in South African tavern
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The toxic chemical methanol has been identified as a possible cause of the deaths of 21 teenagers at a bar in the South African city of East London last month. Methanol was found i...
Jul 19, 2022

UK shatters its record for highest temperature
LONDON (AP) - The U.K. weather office says Britain has shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 39.1 degree Celsius (102.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in Cha...
Jul 19, 2022

Mental evaluation for man who threatened Memphis shooting
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee judge on Monday ordered a mental evaluation for a man police said had planned a mass shooting of people leaving a rap concert in downtown Memphis. Elijah Hyman went b...
Jul 18, 2022

Former White House aides to testify at next Jan. 6 hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two former White House aides are expected to testify at the House Jan. 6 committee's prime-time hearing Thursday as the panel examines what Donald Trump was doing as his supporters b...
Jul 18, 2022

Gunfire, shootings and panic mar American weekend
A man firing a rifle killed shoppers at an Indiana mall's food court. A gunfight at a Houston home killed four people. A stand-up act by the comedian Craig Robinson in North Carolina didn't even begin...
Jul 18, 2022

Senate panel subpoenas federal prisons director to testify
WASHINGTON (AP) - The outgoing director of the Bureau of Prisons has been subpoenaed to testify before a Senate committee examining abuse and corruption in the beleaguered federal agency. Michael Carv...
Jul 18, 2022

Police laud actions of man who killed Indiana mall attacker
GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) - Authorities say the person who shot five people at a suburban Indianapolis shopping mall, killing three of them, before a shopper shot and killed him was a 20-year-old local man...
Jul 18, 2022