Category Archives: World

President: 11 babies killed in fire at Senegalese hospital
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - A fire in the neonatal unit of a hospital in Senegal has killed 11 newborns, President Macky Sall said. Only three infants could be saved. "To their mothers and families, I expre...
May 26, 2022

Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats' first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate Thursday as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill...
May 26, 2022

Palestinian officials: Israel killed Al Jazeera reporter
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinian Authority on Thursday said its investigation into the shooting death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh proves she was deliberately killed by Israeli...
May 26, 2022

Man rushed to school to help, learned stepdaughter died
UVALDE, Texas (AP) - Medical assistant Angel Garza rushed to Robb Elementary School soon after a gunman opened fire on a classroom of grade schoolers and immediately found a girl covered in blood amon...
May 26, 2022

Police face questions over delays in storming Texas school
UVALDE, Texas (AP) - Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed an Uvalde elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampa...
May 26, 2022

China wants 10 Pacific nations to endorse sweeping agreement
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a sweeping agreement covering everything from security to fisheries in what one leader warns is a "game-changing" bid by ...
May 25, 2022

Oklahoma governor signs the nation's strictest abortion ban
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Wednesday signed into law the nation's strictest abortion ban, making the state the first in the nation to effectively end availability of the procedu...
May 25, 2022

'How to Murder Your Husband' author found guilty of murder
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A jury in Portland has convicted a self-published romance novelist - who once wrote an essay titled "How to Murder Your Husband" - of fatally shooting her husband four years ago....
May 25, 2022

Blasts in Kabul mosque, north Afghanistan, kill at least 14
ISLAMABAD (AP) - A series of explosions shook Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Taliban said, including a blast inside a mosque in the capital of Kabul that killed at least five worshippers and three bomb...
May 25, 2022

Oz, McCormick race heads into recount in Pa. Senate primary
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's top election official said Wednesday that the margin between the top two candidates in last week's Republican primary for U.S. Senate is tight enough to trigger a...
May 25, 2022