Category Archives: World

Sudan security forces shoot dead 2 protesters, doctors say
CAIRO (AP) - The Sudan Doctors Committee, a professional union, says security forces have shot dead two people during a mass protest against the country's recent military coup. Saturday's fatal shooti...
Oct 30, 2021

Anderson, Braves' 2-hitter takes 2-1 Series lead vs Astros
ATLANTA (AP) - Rookie Ian Anderson and the Braves bullpen took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning, Austin Riley and Travis d'Arnaud drove in runs and Atlanta beat the Houston Astros 2-0 Friday night ...
Oct 29, 2021

Supreme Court declines to block Maine vaccine mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from health care workers in Maine to block a vaccine mandate that went into effect Friday. Three conservative justices noted their ...
Oct 29, 2021

Saudi Arabia orders Lebanese ambassador to leave kingdom
BEIRUT (AP) - Saudi Arabia on Friday ordered the Lebanese ambassador to the kingdom to leave the country within 48 hours and stopped all imports from Lebanon, a response to comments by a Lebanese mini...
Oct 29, 2021

Letitia James announces she will run for New York governor
NEW YORK (AP) - New York Attorney General Letitia James formally announced Friday that she is running for governor, a widely anticipated move from the woman who oversaw an investigation into allegatio...
Oct 29, 2021

Queen Elizabeth II advised to rest for 2 weeks
LONDON (AP) - Queen Elizabeth II has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks, accepting doctors' advice to cut back on her busy schedule, Buckingham Palace said Friday. The 95-year-old mo...
Oct 29, 2021

Biden: Pope told him he should 'keep receiving communion'
ROME (AP) - President Joe Biden said the issue of abortion did not come up in his meeting with Pope Francis, but that the pontiff told him he should continue to receive Communion, despite calls from c...
Oct 29, 2021

GOP Trump critic Rep. Adam Kinzinger won't seek reelection
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a critic of Donald Trump who is one of two Republicans on the panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack, announced Friday that ...
Oct 29, 2021

Illinois Dems embrace gerrymandering in fight for US House
CHICAGO (AP) - In the neck-and-neck fight to keep control of the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats need help from the few places where state lawmakers can make 2022 difficult for Republicans. I...
Oct 28, 2021

US woman in Bali 'suitcase murder' freed from jail
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) - An American woman convicted of helping to kill her mother on Indonesia's tourist island of Bali in 2014 walked free from prison Friday after serving seven years of a 10-year...
Oct 28, 2021