Category Archives: World

Panel recommends new names for Fort Bragg, other Army bases
WASHINGTON (AP) - An independent commission on Tuesday recommended new names for nine Army posts that were named after Confederate officers. Among their recommendations: Fort Bragg in North Carolina w...
May 24, 2022

GOP takes Oz's side in Pa. Senate race vote-counting lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The national Republican Party is taking the side of celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania's neck-and-neck GOP primary contest for U.S. Senate and opposing a laws...
May 24, 2022

Kurt Zouma pleads guilty to kicking, slapping his pet cat
LONDON (AP) - West Ham defender Kurt Zouma pleaded guilty Tuesday to kicking and slapping his pet cat in abuse caught on video. The 27-year-old France international appeared at a hearing at Thames Mag...
May 24, 2022

Indiana lawmakers set to override veto of trans sports ban
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Republican-dominated Indiana Legislature is poised on Tuesday to override the GOP governor's veto of a bill banning transgender students from competing in girls sports, which w...
May 23, 2022

Ex-Trump press secretary Sanders bids for Arkansas governor
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - During her two years as President Donald Trump's spokesperson, Sarah Sanders used the White House briefing room to take aim at Democrats on issues such as immigration and crim...
May 23, 2022

McCormick sues over counting mail ballots in Pa. Senate race
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The campaign of David McCormick, who is in a neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for the U.S. Senate against celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, sued in a Pennsylvania c...
May 23, 2022

Opponents of federal vaccine mandate seek rehearing
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration to require that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19. A panel of the...
May 23, 2022

Abu Dhabi says 2 killed, 120 injured in gas cylinder blast
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A gas cylinder explosion in the capital of the United Arab Emirates killed two people and injured 120 others Monday, police said, hours after authorities downplayed ...
May 23, 2022

Thomas wins 2nd PGA title in playoff after 7-shot rally
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Justin Thomas didn't pay attention to any score but his own Sunday in the PGA Championship, knowing he was seven shots behind but with only six players ahead of him on a Southern H...
May 22, 2022

Early Voting holds off Epicenter to win Preakness Stakes
BALTIMORE (AP) - Early Voting held off hard-charging favorite Epicenter to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, validating the decision to skip the Kentucky Derby and aim for the second leg of the Tr...
May 21, 2022