Category Archives: World

BEIJING (AP) - Olympic favorite Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned heart medication before her arrival at the Beijing Olympics, the Russian newspaper RBC reported, putting in jeopardy the tea...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced a proposal Wednesday to reauthorize the 1990s-era law that extends protections for victims of domestic and sexual violence after it lap...

BOSTON (AP) - A former casino executive was sentenced Wednesday to serve one year and one day in federal prison as part of the stiffest sentence so far handed down in the sprawling college admissions ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection subpoenaed former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Wednesday, seeking to question an ally of former Presiden...

DENVER (AP) - A Colorado mother who fatally abused her 7-year-old daughter and lied about her health to get handouts from charities worth at least $100,000 has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. A ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Maine family that long ago gave up on a lost family cat is being reunited - more than six years and 1,500 miles later. Denise Cilley, of Chesterville, said she was shocked to ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that the state will end a COVID-19 mandate requiring face coverings in most indoor public settings, but will keep masking rules in pl...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A prominent writer and government critic who accused Uganda's security forces of torture has gone into exile ahead of a looming criminal trial, his attorney said Wednesday. Kakw...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered Uganda to pay $325 million in compensation to Congo for violence in a long-running conflict between the African ne...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A second man pleaded guilty Wednesday in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The plea by Kaleb Franks leaves four other men to face trial in March and ...