Category Archives: World

Europe floods: search for missing goes on as toll tops 90
BERLIN (AP) - The death toll from devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium rose above 90 on Friday, as the search continued for hundreds of people still unaccounted for. Authorit...
Jul 15, 2021

Los Angeles County to restores indoor mask mandate for all
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A rapid and sustained increase in COVID-19 cases in the nation's largest county requires restoring an indoor mask mandate even when people are vaccinated, Los Angeles County's publi...
Jul 15, 2021

Biden: US will protect Haiti embassy, won't send troops
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. will bolster security at its embassy in Haiti following last week's assassination of that country's president, but sending American tr...
Jul 15, 2021

Gunman found criminally responsible for killing 5 at paper
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A jury on Thursday found the gunman who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper criminally responsible, rejecting defense attorneys' mental illness arguments. The jury of eigh...
Jul 15, 2021

California approves 1st state-funded guaranteed income plan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying pregnant people and y...
Jul 15, 2021

Israeli club calls off match with Barcelona over Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) - The owner of Israel's Beitar soccer club says he has called off a friendly match with Barcelona over its refusal to hold the event in contested Jerusalem. Israel captured east Jerusal...
Jul 15, 2021

5 dead, many missing in Germany floods
BERLIN (AP) - At least five people have died and several people are missing in Germany after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping away cars and causing some buildin...
Jul 14, 2021

Brazilian leader evaluated for possible emergency surgery
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was being evaluated Wednesday for possible emergency surgery for an intestinal obstruction, his office said. Bolsonaro, 66, was admitted to the...
Jul 14, 2021

Top Poland court rejects EU court injunctions as invalid
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's constitutional court has ruled that temporary injunctions issued by the European Union's top court regarding Poland's judiciary conflict with the nation's constitution a...
Jul 14, 2021

Judge delays sentencing after twists in Iowa woman's killing
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A judge agreed Wednesday to delay sentencing for the man convicted of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts after defense lawyers said they needed time to investiga...
Jul 14, 2021