Category Archives: World

White Missouri officer convicted in Black man’s 2019 death
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A judge on Friday convicted a white Kansas City police officer of involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the fatal shooting of a Black man, in a case in which pr...
Nov 19, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse jury returns for 4th day of deliberations
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial returned for a fourth day of deliberations Friday, the morning after the judge raised eyebrows among lawyers when he let a juror take h...
Nov 19, 2021

Biden to have routine colonoscopy, transfer power to Harris
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - President Joe Biden will briefly transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday when he undergoes a "routine colonoscopy" at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center...
Nov 19, 2021

EXPLAINER: What drives high-profile disappearances in China
BEIJING (AP) - The disappearance of tennis star Peng Shuai in China following her accusation of sexual assault against a former top Communist Party official has shined a spotlight on similar cases inv...
Nov 19, 2021

Austria to enter lockdown, bring in mandatory vaccinations
BERLIN (AP) - Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said Friday that the country will go into a national lockdown to contain a fourth wave of coronavirus cases. Schallenberg said the lockdown wil...
Nov 19, 2021

Ohtani voted AL MVP for 2-way season, Harper wins NL honor
NEW YORK (AP) - Shohei Ohtani was unanimiously voted American League MVP on Thursday for a two-way season not seen since Babe Ruth, and Bryce Harper earned the National League honor for the second tim...
Nov 18, 2021

Defense attorneys rest in trial over Arbery's death
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - Defense attorneys for the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery rested Thursday after calling a total of seven witnesses. The people who testified in the men's defense inclu...
Nov 18, 2021

MSNBC banned from Rittenhouse trial after bus incident
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - The judge at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial banned MSNBC from the courthouse Thursday after police said they briefly detained a man who had followed the jury bus and may have tri...
Nov 18, 2021

Judge tosses convictions of 2 men in killing of Malcolm X
NEW YORK (AP) - More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers were exonerated Thursday after decades of doubt about who was responsible for the civil righ...
Nov 18, 2021

Emergency request filed as execution looms for Julius Jones
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Attorneys for Julius Jones have filed a last-minute, emergency request seeking a temporary stop to his execution scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt has ...
Nov 18, 2021