Category Archives: World
Jury convicts man in killings of 4 men as they slept on NYC streets, rejecting insanity defense
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who fatally beat four sleeping men on the streets of New York City's Chinatown was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday, with a jury rejecting his insanity defense in the 20...
Feb 19, 2026
Wisconsin GOP leader Robin Vos, who clashed with Trump, leaving office after reshaping the state
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Robin Vos, who has led the Republican charge in Wisconsin during his record-long stint as state Assembly speaker and blocked much of the Democratic governor's agenda, announced Th...
Feb 19, 2026
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger to give Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address
WASHINGTON (AP) - Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address next week, just months after resoundingly winning an offi...
Feb 19, 2026
Slavery exhibit removed by Trump administration is returning to Independence Mall in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An exhibit detailing the lives of nine people enslaved by President George Washington in Philadelphia is being reinstalled on Thursday, despite an ongoing legal fight between the c...
Feb 19, 2026
An arts panel made up of Trump appointees approves his White House ballroom proposal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of President Donald Trump's appointees, on Thursday approved his proposal to build a ballroom larger than the White House itself whe...
Feb 19, 2026
Trump gets pledges for Gaza reconstruction and troop commitments at inaugural Board of Peace talks
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump announced Thursday at the inaugural Board of Peace meeting that nine members of the body have agreed to pledge $7 billion toward a Gaza relief package and that...
Feb 19, 2026
Gas explosion kills 16 after apartment building partially collapsed in southern Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakstan (AP) - A gas explosion ripped through an apartment building in Pakistan's largest port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, including women and children, and injur...
Feb 18, 2026
UN experts say destruction by Sudan's rebels in el-Fasher in October bears 'hallmarks of genocide'
GENEVA (AP) - A "campaign of destruction" in October by Sudanese rebels against non-Arab communities in and near a city in Sudan's western region of Darfur shows "hallmarks of genocide," U.N.-backed h...
Feb 18, 2026
Former South Korean president receives life sentence for imposing martial law in 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of leading an insurrection on Thursday and sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law in...
Feb 18, 2026
José María Balcázar becomes Peru's eighth president in a decade
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's Congress late Wednesday elected legislator Jos Mara Balczar as the country's eighth president in a decade, replacing another interim leader who was ousted the previous day ove...
Feb 18, 2026