Category Archives: World

Russia dangles prospect of safe corridors; Ukraine skeptical
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) - Safe corridors intended to let Ukrainian civilians escape the Russian onslaught could open Tuesday, Kremlin officials said, though Ukrainian leaders greeted the plan with skeptici...
Mar 07, 2022

1 dead, 2 wounded in shooting outside Iowa high school
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - One person was killed and two others were critically wounded Monday after gunfire that appeared to come from a passing vehicle struck them outside an Iowa school, authorities s...
Mar 07, 2022

Wins for Dems in NC, PA as court rejects GOP election plans
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a victory for Democrats, the Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans...
Mar 07, 2022

Queen meets Trudeau in 1st engagement since COVID-19
LONDON (AP) - Queen Elizabeth II met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday, smiling and greeting him in front of a large bouquet of blue and yellow flowers, the colors of the Ukrainian...
Mar 07, 2022

NFL cornerback Richard Sherman pleads guilty to 2 charges
SEATTLE (AP) - Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Richard Sherman pleaded guilty in Seattle on Monday to two misdemeanor charges stemming from a drunken driving and domestic disturbance last summer, as p...
Mar 07, 2022

Pentagon to shut down leaking fuel tank facility in Hawaii
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Defense Department will permanently shut down the Navy's massive fuel tank facility in Hawaii that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor's tap water, and will remove all the fuel, T...
Mar 07, 2022

In Selma, foot soldier’s kin boosts youth voting rights role
For longer than Elliott Smith can recall, annual commemorations of the historic voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, doubled as family reunions. He first attended as a newborn. At ...
Mar 07, 2022

Russia snubs UN court hearings in case brought by Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Ukraine pleaded with the United Nations' top court Monday to order Russia to halt its devastating invasion, saying Moscow is already committing widespread war crimes and ...
Mar 07, 2022

'I want to feel safe': Ukraine youth orchestra now refugees
ZAHONY, Hungary (AP) - The violin was so beloved by Myroslava Sherbina it was the one item she took as she fled Ukraine, along with the clothes she wore. But the instrument has remained silent since t...
Mar 07, 2022

China says Russia its chief 'strategic partner', despite war
BEIJING (AP) - China's Foreign Minister on Monday called Russia Beijing's "most important strategic partner," amid its continued refusal to condemn the invasion of Ukraine. Wang Yi said ties with Mosc...
Mar 07, 2022