Category Archives: World

Amtrak train collides with dump truck, derails in Missouri
MENDON, Mo. (AP) - A passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago derailed in a remote, rural area of Missouri on Monday after hitting a dump truck that was blocking a public crossing, Amtrak...
Jun 27, 2022

Jan. 6 panel calls surprise hearing for Tuesday
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Jan. 6 panel says it is calling a surprise hearing on Tuesday to present "recently obtained evidence." The hearing comes after Congress left Washington for a two-week reces...
Jun 27, 2022

Supreme Court's abortion ruling sets off new court fights
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the country Monday, as one side sought quickly to enact statewide bans and the other tried to bl...
Jun 27, 2022

Ukrainian officials: at least 2 dead as missile hits mall
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian officials say scores of civilians are feared killed or injured after a Russian rocket strike hit a crowded shopping mall in the central city of Kremenchuk. Ukrainia...
Jun 27, 2022

UN chief: national selfishness delaying global oceans deal
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Some countries has been holding up a global agreement on protecting the world's oceans...
Jun 27, 2022

NATO to boost rapid reaction force, Ukraine military support
BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO will increase the strength of its rapid reaction force nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops as part of its response to an "era of strategic competition," the military alliance's sec...
Jun 27, 2022

US basketball star Griner due in Russian court
MOSCOW (AP) - More than four months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport for cannabis possession, American basketball star Brittney Griner is to appear in court Monday for a preliminary hearing ...
Jun 27, 2022

Avalanche dethrone Lightning to win Stanley Cup for 3rd time
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Colorado Avalanche are back atop hockey's mountain after dethroning the two-time defending champions. Behind a goal and an assist from Nathan MacKinnon, the Avalanche won the St...
Jun 26, 2022

At least 20 dead in South African club; cause not yet known
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 20 people at a nightclub in the coastal town of East London early Sunday. It is unclear what led to the deaths of the ...
Jun 26, 2022

7 accusers write to Ghislaine Maxwell's sentencing judge
NEW YORK (AP) - Seven women who say Ghislaine Maxwell helped Jeffrey Epstein steal the innocence of their youth and poison the promise of their future are asking a judge to consider their pain as she ...
Jun 25, 2022