Category Archives: World
Residents burn an Ebola treatment center in Congo as anger grows over the outbreak
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witn...
May 21, 2026
3 dead in New Mexico and first responders treated for exposure to unknown substance, officials say
MOUNTAINAIR, N.M. (AP) - Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders were quarantined and being treated Wednesday for exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a sus...
May 20, 2026
US Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advance to GOP runoff in Alabama for US Senate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - US Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advanced to a runoff on Wednesday for the Republican nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat in Alabama. Moore is a three...
May 20, 2026
Arizona executes inmate who set a man on fire, killing him, in 2002 attack
FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) - An Arizona prisoner convicted of killing another man by throwing gasoline at him and lighting a match was put to death Wednesday, the first of three executions planned this week...
May 20, 2026
US military boards Iranian-flagged oil tanker suspected of trying to breach blockade
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military said Wednesday that it boarded an Iranian-flagged commercial oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was suspected of trying to violate the American blockade. U.S. Cent...
May 20, 2026
US raises pressure on Cuba with indictment of former leader as island's president condemns charges
MIAMI (AP) - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced criminal charges against former Cuban President Ral Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles as the Trump admin...
May 20, 2026
Sorry, Arsenal fans, but a public holiday for you in Botswana is fake news
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Arsenal soccer fans in the southern African country of Botswana thought they had another reason to rejoice: a public holiday to celebrate their team's first Premier Leag...
May 20, 2026
Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of Trump supporters sued on Wednesday to block anyone - including Jan. 6, 2021, rioters - from receivin...
May 20, 2026
Barney Frank, a liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights, dies. He was 86
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman and leading liberal who brought new visibility to gay rights and crafted the most significant reforms to the financial system in a g...
May 20, 2026
Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the ...
May 20, 2026