Category Archives: World

Zelenskyy pleads for aid as Biden, allies begin summits
BRUSSELS (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for "military assistance without limitations" as he addressed an emergency NATO summit on Thursday, the first of three urgent meetings U....
Mar 24, 2022

Judge scolds ex-NBA star Ray Allen for skipping jury duty
MIAMI (AP) - Basketball Hall of Famer Ray Allen got scolded by a federal judge and ordered to donate $1,000 to charity for failing to show up at a trial after being selected as a juror. U.S. District ...
Mar 24, 2022

4 dead, 1 injured, after apparent fall from Swiss building
GENEVA (AP) - Four people were found dead at the foot of a seven-story residential building in the lakeside Swiss city of Montreux, police said Thursday, with a fifth person hospitalized in serious co...
Mar 24, 2022

North Korea fires suspected missile into sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired at least one suspected ballistic missile toward the sea Thursday, its neighbors' militaries said, apparently extending its barrage of weapons tests that may...
Mar 23, 2022

Ukraine president pleads for worldwide show of support
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine President Volodymr Zelenskyy called on people worldwide to gather in public Thursday to show support for his embattled country on the one-month anniversary of the Russian ...
Mar 23, 2022

Idaho governor signs abortion ban modeled on Texas law
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Idaho on Wednesday became the first state to enact a law modeled after a Texas statute banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and allowing it to be enforced through l...
Mar 23, 2022

Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 85. President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America's top diplom...
Mar 23, 2022

US finds Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Wednesday made a formal determination that Russian troops have committed war crimes in Ukraine and said it would work with others to prosecute offenders, ...
Mar 23, 2022

Supreme Court tosses Wisconsin legislative voting maps
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out Wisconsin state legislative maps that were preferred by the state's Democratic governor and selected by Wisconsin's top court. Republicans ha...
Mar 23, 2022

Witness: Whitmer kidnapping aimed at stopping Biden win
A man who pleaded guilty to planning a kidnapping of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has told jurors that he and his allies wanted to act before the 2020 election to prevent Joe Biden from winning the ...
Mar 23, 2022