Category Archives: World

Jefferson Quran returns to US as Dubai Expo 2020 winds down
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A rare, two-volume Quran owned by U.S. President Thomas Jefferson found itself carefully packed away Wednesday for a return flight to America after being on display ...
Feb 09, 2022

Appeals court rules in Biden’s favor on abortion referrals
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Federally funded family planning clinics can continue to make abortion referrals for now, a federal court ruled Tuesday, in a setback for a dozen Republican attorneys general who...
Feb 08, 2022

College athlete group files complaint, seeks employee status
An advocacy group filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday, the latest step in a push to give employee status to college athletes and afford them the right to competitive p...
Feb 08, 2022

Emhoff whisked out of event following security concern
WASHINGTON (AP) - Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, was whisked out of an event Tuesday at a Washington high school by Secret Service agents following an apparent security conc...
Feb 08, 2022

Republican who ousted Sanford making another run at SC seat
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Katie Arrington - the South Carolina Republican who ousted Rep. Mark Sanford in a 2018 GOP primary, only to lose in the general election - is now mounting a primary challenge to ...
Feb 08, 2022

AP source: GOP Maryland Gov. Hogan won't run for Senate
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan plans to announce Tuesday that he will not run for the U.S. Senate, rebuffing an aggressive recruitment push from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...
Feb 08, 2022

Israeli forces kill 3 suspected militants in West Bank city
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel says security forces killed three Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday who had been responsible for recent shooting attacks. The Shin Bet i...
Feb 08, 2022

Suspect arrested in Washington state grocery store shooting
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A man suspected of opening fire inside a grocery store in Washington state, killing one person and injuring another, was arrested late Monday night on Interstate 90 near Spokane,...
Feb 08, 2022

Retired pope asks pardon for abuse, but admits no wrongdoing
ROME (AP) - Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness Tuesday for any "grievous faults" in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but admitted to no personal or specific wrongdoing after an indepen...
Feb 08, 2022

West Ham player Kurt Zouma condemned for kicking cat
LONDON (AP) - West Ham defender Kurt Zouma has apologized for hitting a cat and the club has condemned him for the abuse caught on video. Zouma is seen kicking and slapping the cat, while laughter can...
Feb 08, 2022