Category Archives: World

Myanmar court sentences US journalist to 11 years in jail
BANGKOK (AP) - The lawyer for detained U.S. journalist Danny Fenster says a court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced him to 11 years in prison after finding him guilty on several charges includin...
Nov 11, 2021

Missouri man who buried wife's body convicted of her murder
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man who admitted burying his wife's body and misleading authorities for more than a year about her whereabouts was convicted Thursday of second-degree murder. A jury fo...
Nov 11, 2021

Court temporarily delays release of Trump's Jan. 6 records
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of records sought by a U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection as the court considers an emergency requ...
Nov 11, 2021

Expert at Rittenhouse trial zeroes in on just a few minutes
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Less than three seconds elapsed between the time a protester in the streets fired a shot in the air and Kyle Rittenhouse opened fire with his rifle, a use-of-force expert testifie...
Nov 11, 2021

Sudanese general tightens grip on power, 2 weeks after coup
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Sudan's top general has re-appointed himself as head of the army-run interim governing body, a sign that he is tightening his grip on the country two weeks after he led a coup a...
Nov 11, 2021

South Africa's last apartheid president F. W. de Klerk dies
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela and as South Africa's last apartheid president oversaw the end of the country's white minority rule, has died at...
Nov 11, 2021

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's son sentenced for stabbing neighbor
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The son of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was sentenced to six months in jail for stabbing a Southern California neighbor with a hunting knife during an argument over t...
Nov 11, 2021

Dems call for censure of GOP congressman over violent video
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ten House Democrats, led by the co-chairs of the Democratic Women's Caucus, said Wednesday that they will introduce a House resolution condemning Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., for tweeti...
Nov 10, 2021

SpaceX crew launch marks 600 space travelers in 60 years
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A SpaceX rocket carried four astronauts toward orbit Wednesday night, including the 600th person to reach space in 60 years. The repeatedly delayed flight occurred just two...
Nov 10, 2021

Judge OKs $626 million settlement in Flint water litigation
DETROIT (AP) - A judge on Wednesday approved a $626 million deal to settle lawsuits filed by Flint residents who found their tap water contaminated by lead following disastrous decisions to switch the...
Nov 10, 2021