Category Archives: World

Oz, McCormick prepare for recount in Pa. GOP Senate race
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Locked in a near tie Friday, celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz and former hedge fund CEO David McCormick began staffing up their campaigns with recount specialists as vote c...
May 20, 2022

Bill de Blasio, ex-NYC mayor, to run for redrawn House seat
NEW YORK (AP) - Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday that he will run for Congress in a redrawn district that includes his Brooklyn home. De Blasio, whose second mayoral term ended la...
May 20, 2022

'Squid Game' star Lee Jung-jae debuts as director in Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) - Lee Jung-jae, the award-winning star of Netflix's "Squid Game," spent years developing the 1980s-set Korean spy thriller "Hunt" before electing to direct himself. He did it a lit...
May 20, 2022

Biden approval dips to lowest of presidency: AP-NORC poll
President Joe Biden's approval rating dipped to the lowest point of his presidency in May, a new poll shows, with deepening pessimism emerging among members of his own Democratic Party. Only 39% of U....
May 20, 2022

Live updates | Turkish president holds talks over NATO bids
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's president says he is engaged in "telephone diplomacy" with foreign counterparts over the bids by Sweden and Finland to join NATO. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated Fr...
May 20, 2022

Police: Chicago shooting leaves 2 people dead, 8 wounded
CHICAGO (AP) - Two people are dead and another eight wounded following a shooting in Chicago, authorities said. The shooting happened about 10:40 p.m. Thursday near a McDonald's restaurant on the city...
May 20, 2022

Oklahoma approves the nation's most restrictive abortion ban
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's Legislature gave final approval Thursday to another Texas-style anti-abortion bill that providers say will be the most restrictive in the nation once the governor signs...
May 19, 2022

Illinois man convicted of giving son rifle he used to kill 4
PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois man faces up to three years in prison after being convicted of illegally giving his son an assault-style rifle he later used to shoot and kill four people in 2018 at a W...
May 19, 2022

Senate votes final congressional OK for $40B Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate overwhelmingly approved a $40 billion infusion of military and economic aid for Ukraine and its allies on Thursday as both parties rallied behind America's latest, and qui...
May 19, 2022

Key witness testifies in trial tied to Trump-Russia probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - The star prosecution witness in the trial of a Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer charged with lying to the FBI testified Thursday that he was "100%" confident that the attorney told hi...
May 19, 2022