Category Archives: World

Police: 6 killed in Pennsylvania pileup of 80 vehicles
POTTSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A deadly pileup involving 80 vehicles on a Pennsylvania interstate during a snow squall killed six people, state police said Wednesday. "There were 6 fatalities involved in this...
Mar 30, 2022

Putin misled by advisers on Ukraine, US intel determines
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misinformed by his advisers about Russian forces' performance in Ukraine, according to a U....
Mar 30, 2022

Prosecutors finish their side in Gov. Whitmer kidnap trial
Prosecutors in Michigan have rested their case against four men charged with planning to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer before the 2020 national election. Key evidence came from two undercover FBI agent...
Mar 30, 2022

Live updates: Zelenskyy addresses Norway's Parliament
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the Norwegian Parliament that Russia wants "to destroy the foundation of Europe." Zelenskyy, speaking through an interpreter duri...
Mar 30, 2022

GOP Sen. Collins says she'll back Jackson for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) - Maine Sen. Susan Collins said Tuesday she will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson, giving Democrats at least one Republican vote and all but assuring that Jackson will become the ...
Mar 30, 2022

Celebrities: Monkeys near Florida airport delight visitors
DANIA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - As departing jetliners roared overhead, an aging vervet monkey moped on a mangrove branch one recent afternoon in the woods he inhabits near a South Florida airport, his ego b...
Mar 29, 2022

Russian pledge to scale back in Ukraine draws skepticism
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's pledge to scale back some military operations in Ukraine drew skepticism even as the two nations planned to return Wednesday to talks that could produce a framework for e...
Mar 29, 2022

Saudi-led coalition declares unilateral ceasefire in Yemen
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia announced that the kingdom and its allies will observe a unilateral cease-fire in the war in Yemen starting at 6 a.m. Wednesday. The Saudi-led coalition...
Mar 29, 2022

'Grooming': The ubiquitous buzzword in LGBTQ school debate
Proponents of restrictions on how U.S. public schools address sexual orientation and gender identity say their ultimate goal is to allow parents more involvement in their children's education and ensu...
Mar 29, 2022

Paramedics: At least 5 killed in shooting in central Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli paramedics say at least five people were killed Tuesday in a shooting in the central city of Bnei Brak, east of Tel Aviv. The circumstance of the incident were not imme...
Mar 29, 2022