Category Archives: World
Japan's Takaichi dissolves parliament after only 3 months in office, setting up snap election
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament on Friday, paving the way for a Feb. 8 snap election. The move is an attempt to capitalize on her popularity ...
Jan 22, 2026
Judge warns Trump administration from changing plaintiffs immigration status in First Amendment case
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge ruled on Thursday that the academics, who are party to a lawsuit alleging U.S. policy singles out noncitizens for detention or deportation over their pro-Palestinian acti...
Jan 22, 2026
House Republicans barely defeat war powers resolution to check Trump’s military action in Venezuela
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House rejected a Democratic-backed resolution Thursday that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending U.S. military forces to Venezuela after a tied vote on the le...
Jan 22, 2026
Jury finds Chicago man not guilty of circulating $10K bounty on life of top Border Patrol leader
CHICAGO (AP) - A man accused of offering a $10,000 bounty over Snapchat for the life of a top Border Patrol leader was found not guilty on Thursday in the first criminal trial stemming from the Chicag...
Jan 22, 2026
House approves final spending bills as Democrats denounce ICE funding
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House passed this year's final batch of spending bills on Thursday as lawmakers, still smarting from last fall's record 43-day shutdown, worked to avoid another funding lapse for...
Jan 22, 2026
Former Iowa superintendent pleads guilty to falsely claiming US citizenship
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The former superintendent of Iowa's largest school district pleaded guilty Thursday, and admitted to falsely claiming to be a U.S. citizen on a federal form and illegally posse...
Jan 22, 2026
Death toll in Pakistan shopping plaza fire rises to 67, officials say
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - The death toll from a devastating fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi jumped to 67 on Thursday after police and a hospital official confirmed ...
Jan 22, 2026
Anti-ICE protest at Minnesota church leads to arrests but no charges for journalist Don Lemon
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A prominent civil rights attorney and at least two other people involved in an anti-immigration enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church have been arrested...
Jan 22, 2026
France's navy intercepts an oil tanker in the Mediterranean sailing from Russia
PARIS (AP) - France's navy, working with intelligence provided by the United Kingdom, on Thursday intercepted an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea that traveled from Russia, in a mission targeting t...
Jan 22, 2026
The AP NFL MVP finalists are Allen, Lawrence, Maye, McCaffrey and Stafford
NEW YORK (AP) - Christian McCaffrey has become only the second player to be a finalist for three AP NFL awards in the same year, as he joins Josh Allen, Trevor Lawrence, Drake Maye and Matthew Staffor...
Jan 22, 2026