Category Archives: World

Robert Durst charged with 1982 murder of wife Kathie Durst
NEW YORK (AP) - Millionaire real estate scion Robert Durst has been charged in suburban New York City with the death of his former wife, Kathie Durst, who vanished in 1982, authorities confirmed Frida...
Oct 22, 2021

Ethiopian airstrikes in Tigray force UN flight to turn back
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopian military airstrikes on Friday forced a United Nations humanitarian flight to abandon its landing in the capital of the country's Tigray region, several aid workers said...
Oct 22, 2021

Queen Elizabeth II back at castle following hospital visit
LONDON (AP) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was back at Windsor Castle on Friday and in good spirits after revelations that she spent the night in a London hospital earlier this week. Buckingham Palace...
Oct 22, 2021

Alabama man who avoided earlier execution date put to death
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama man who avoided execution in February was put to death Thursday for the 1991 killing of a woman who was abducted during a robbery and then shot in a cemetery. Willie B. ...
Oct 21, 2021

Sheriff says family on California hike died of extreme heat
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A Northern California family found dead on a hiking trail near the Merced River died after they overheated and ran out of drinking water on a sunny August afternoon when temp...
Oct 21, 2021

UK palace says queen, 95, spent night in hospital for checks
LONDON (AP) - Buckingham Palace said Thursday that Queen Elizabeth II spent a night in a hospital for checks after being advised by her doctor this week to rest. The palace said the 95-year-old Britis...
Oct 21, 2021

Jamaica arrests Colombian as suspect in Haiti assassination
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - A police superintendent in Jamaica told The Associated Press on Thursday that authorities have arrested a Colombian man they believe is a suspect in the July 7 assassinati...
Oct 21, 2021

House votes to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in contempt
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Thursday to hold Steve Bannon, a longtime ally and aide to former President Donald Trump, in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigat...
Oct 21, 2021

Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that police say is holding 17 members of a kidnapped missionary group is seen in a video released Thursday saying he will kill them if he...
Oct 21, 2021

Syria executes 24 people over last year's deadly wildfires
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria executed 24 people Thursday after charging them with igniting wildfires last year that left three people dead and burnt thousands of hectares (acres) of forests, the Justi...
Oct 21, 2021