Category Archives: World
Foreigners with World Cup tickets won't have to pay bonds to enter US, Trump administration tells AP
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration is suspending a requirement that foreign visitors from certain countries pay as much as $15,000 in bonds if they are confirmed World Cup ticket holders, the ...
May 13, 2026
Prosecutors to retry Alex Murdaugh in deaths of wife and son after high court overturned convictions
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son were overturned Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the court clerk at h...
May 13, 2026
Board of Peace envoy Mladenov says ceasefire hinges on Hamas' disarmament
JERUSALEM (AP) - Nickolay Mladenov, the top diplomat overseeing the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, on Wednesday acknowledged that the truce was stalled, saying the deadlock over disarming Hamas had ...
May 13, 2026
Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate where authorities tried to arrest a senator
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A burst of gunfire rang out late Wednesday in the Philippine Senate, sparking chaos in the building where authorities had tried to arrest a senator wanted by the Internation...
May 13, 2026
Democratic primary for Nebraska's 'blue dot' US House seat is too early to call
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Democratic primary for a key U.S. House seat in Nebraska was too early to call late Tuesday, as two candidates were separated by a narrow margin in a contest that could decide t...
May 12, 2026
$4.8M settlement reached over Louisiana traffic stop death, AP sources say
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana officials have agreed to a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died during a violent 2019 roadside arrest carried out ...
May 12, 2026
Trump's redistricting push fizzles in South Carolina Senate but wins in Missouri's top court
President Donald Trump's push to redraw the nation's U.S. House districts received mixed results Tuesday as South Carolina senators defied his desires but Missouri's top court upheld a new map that co...
May 12, 2026
Trump downplays differences with China's Xi over Iran as he heads to Beijing for high-stakes summit
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Tuesday downplayed differences with President Xi Jinping over the U.S. and Israel's conflict in Iran as he headed to Beijing for a high-stakes summit with t...
May 12, 2026
Nigerian military airstrike kills 100 civilians at a market, rights group claims
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria 's military Tuesday denied a rights group's claim that an airstrike killed 100 civilians in a market over the weekend, as attention turned again to a long-running fight a...
May 12, 2026
French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11
PARIS (AP) - A French woman infected in the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship is critically ill and being treated with an artificial lung, a doctor at the Paris hospital caring for the sicke...
May 12, 2026