World

Jackson sworn in, becomes 1st Black woman on Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (AP) - Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation's highest court. The 51-year-old Jackson is the court'...

Jun 30, 2022

Texas woman accused in cyclist death captured in Costa Rica

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas woman suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home has been arrested in Costa Rica, the U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday...

Jun 30, 2022

Supreme Court: Biden properly ended Trump-era asylum policy

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Biden administration properly ended a Trump-era policy forcing some U.S. asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico. The justices' 5-4 decision for...

Jun 30, 2022

Judge temporarily blocks Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A judge cleared the way Thursday for abortions to resume in Kentucky, temporarily blocking the state's near-total ban on the procedure that was triggered by the Supreme Court ru...

Jun 30, 2022

Supreme Court limits EPA in curbing power plant emissions

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court on Thursday limited how the nation's main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from ...

Jun 30, 2022

Biden says transatlantic alliance has adapted to new threats

MADRID (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that transatlantic alliance has transformed itself by adapting to a rapidly changing security situation around the globe. "I think we can all agree that...

Jun 30, 2022

ICC seeks arrest of 3 suspects linked to Russo-Georgian war

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - International Criminal Court judges have issued arrest warrants for three men wanted on suspicion of committing war crimes during the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, the court a...

Jun 30, 2022

Russian forces withdraw from Ukraine's Snake Island

SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's Defense Ministry says it has withdrawn its forces from a Black Sea island near Ukraine's port of Odesa. The ministry said that it pulled back its forces from the Zmi...

Jun 30, 2022

Israel's parliament dissolves, sets 5th election in 4 years

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's parliament voted Thursday to dissolve itself and send the country to the polls in November for the fifth time in less than four years. Yair Lapid, Israel's foreign minister a...

Jun 30, 2022

Xi arrives in Hong Kong for 25th anniversary of handover

HONG KONG (AP) - Chinese leader Xi Jinping has arrived in Hong Kong ahead of the 25th anniversary of the British handover and after a two-year transformation bringing the city more tightly under Commu...

Jun 30, 2022