Category Archives: World

New Tropical Storm Bonnie heads for hit on Central America
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Tropical Storm Bonnie formed over the Caribbean on Friday as it headed for a quick march across Central America and potential development into a hurricane after reemerging in the Pa...
Jul 01, 2022

Trial for US basketball star begins in Moscow-area court
MOSCOW (AP) - U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner is set to go on trial in a Moscow-area court Friday, about 4 1/2 months after she was arrested on cannabis possession charges at an airport while tra...
Jun 30, 2022

Russian missile attack hits residential buildings in Odesa
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian emergency services say missile attacks have struck residential buildings in Ukraine's Odesa region, causing deaths and injuries. Video of the pre-dawn Friday attack show...
Jun 30, 2022

China's Xi swears in new Hong Kong leader John Lee
HONG KONG (AP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping officiated the swearing-in ceremony of Hong Kong's new leader John Lee on Friday as the city marked the 25th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule aft...
Jun 30, 2022

Navy report: Multiple errors poisoned Pearl Harbor water
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - A Navy investigation released Thursday revealed that shoddy management and human error caused fuel to leak into Pearl Harbor's tap water last year, poisoning thousands of p...
Jun 30, 2022

Big Ten votes to add USC, UCLA as members starting in 2024
In a surprising and seismic shift in college athletics, the Big Ten voted Thursday to add Southern California and UCLA as conference members beginning in 2024. The expansion to 16 teams will happen af...
Jun 30, 2022

Prosecutors: 'Tiger King' star trafficked endangered animals
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - "Tiger King" star Bhagavan "Doc" Antle has been charged with buying or selling endangered lemurs, cheetahs, and a chimpanzee without the proper paperwork, federal prosecutors in ...
Jun 30, 2022

US official: Migrants who died cleared inland checkpoint
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Migrants were inside a tractor-trailer when it cleared an inland Border Patrol checkpoint, later ending up in San Antonio where 53 people were found dead in the deadliest known smug...
Jun 30, 2022

COVID-19 at Wimbledon: 3 top-20 men out after positive tests
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Reigning Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic famously decided not to get vaccinated against COVID-19 - which prevented him from playing at the Australian Open in January follow...
Jun 30, 2022

Feds open sweeping probe into work of NYPD sex crimes unit
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the New York Police Department's treatment of sex crime victims after concluding there is "significant justification" to do so and after re...
Jun 30, 2022