Category Archives: World
A small plane has crashed in Texas Hill Country killing all 5 on board, county official says
WIMBERLEY, Texas (AP) - A small plane crashed in Texas, killing all five people aboard, a county official said Friday. The crash happened Thursday night in Wimberley, a city about 40 miles (64 kilomet...
May 01, 2026

Man jailed after being charged with attempted murder in stabbings of Jewish men in London
LONDON (AP) - A 45-year-old man was charged Friday with attempted murder in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London, the latest in a string of attacks that have sparked fear and anger in Britain's J...
Apr 30, 2026

North Texas man executed as his cousin claims he was shooter in fatal 2008 robbery
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A North Texas man who claimed he wasn't the shooter in a fatal robbery that killed two people nearly 18 years ago and who said prosecutors misused rap lyrics he wrote to secur...
Apr 30, 2026
Florida man executed for the killing of his brother's teenage stepdaughter nearly 50 years ago
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted of beating and choking his brother's 13-year-old stepdaughter to death nearly 50 years ago was executed Thursday evening. James Ernest Hitchcock, 70, was pr...
Apr 30, 2026

Congress approves short-term extension of divisive US surveillance program hours before expiration
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress has approved a short-term extension of a critical surveillance program used by U.S. spy agencies, staving off a Friday expiration as disputes over a longer reauthorization r...
Apr 30, 2026

Brazil’s Congress reduces Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's Congress voted Thursday to reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison sentence, a decision likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court and one that could potentia...
Apr 30, 2026

Camp Mystic drops summer reopening plan over outrage by families and Texas lawmakers
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Camp Mystic on Thursday halted plans to reopen this summer on the Texas river where floodwaters killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors, backing down in the face of outraged fa...
Apr 30, 2026

Trump signs bill funding the Department of Homeland Security, ending record shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump swiftly signed bipartisan legislation Thursday funding much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, after it wo...
Apr 30, 2026

UK raises national terror threat level after the stabbing of 2 Jewish men
LONDON (AP) - The U.K. government on Thursday said that the country is facing an antisemitism emergency and pledged to increase security for Jewish communities after a string of arson attacks and a do...
Apr 30, 2026

Trump pulls nomination for stalled surgeon general nominee Means and says he'll put forth Saphier
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday he's nominating Fox News Channel contributor and radiologist Dr. Nicole Saphier for surgeon general after Casey Means' path forward stalled in th...
Apr 30, 2026