Category Archives: World
Darline Graham wins South Carolina GOP nomination to replace her late brother in US Senate
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Darline Graham won the Republican nomination to replace her late brother on South Carolina's general election ballot, notching another win for President Donald Trump af...
Aug 25, 2026
Polygamous sect leader gets 24-year sentence in Arizona for hauling girls in unventilated trailer
PHOENIX (AP) - A polygamous sect leader already serving a 50-year federal sentence for orchestrating sex involving children was given another 24 years in prison Tuesday on separate state convictions f...
Aug 25, 2026
A Montana man killed 8 relatives, including 4 kids, at Sunday dinner, family says
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A man killed eight of his relatives, including four children, as they gathered for Sunday dinner at a home outside Billings, Montana, weeks after his parents asked him to move o...
Aug 25, 2026
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces group says it has dissolved after merging with the Syrian army
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Tuesday announced the official dissolution of the group, which once controlled a de facto autonomous zone in Syria's...
Aug 25, 2026
ICE arrests jumped to nearly 50,000 in July, the highest monthly total of Trump’s second term
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people during July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new f...
Aug 25, 2026
Federal judge rejects Ghislaine Maxwell's 'miscarriage of justice' claims and bid for prison release
NEW YORK (AP) - Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to overturn her sex trafficking conviction and be freed from prison was rejected by a federal judge Tuesday who said the claims by Jeffrey Epstein's former girl...
Aug 25, 2026
Trump says he's considering renaming Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' as trade war escalates
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is considering changing the name of Lake Ontario to "Lake America" as the trade war between the United States and Canada intensifies. Such...
Aug 25, 2026
Tropical Storm Julio forms in the Pacific and isn't threatening land
MIAMI (AP) - Tropical Storm Julio formed Tuesday in the Pacific Ocean and isn't threatening land, forecasters said. The storm was located about 815 miles (1,312 kilometers) southwest of the southern t...
Aug 25, 2026
New evidence prompts trial delay for Libyan man charged in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Monday postponed a trial in the U.S. for a former Libyan intelligence official charged in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, citing the discovery of new eviden...
Aug 24, 2026
Supreme Court sides with Trump administration on mail voting restrictions ahead of midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Monday in a case over President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much ca...
Aug 24, 2026