Category Archives: World

Large desert tortoise rescued from Arizona highway after escaping from ostrich ranch 3 miles away
PICACHO, Ariz. (AP) - How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona highway? It's still a mystery, after a state Department of Public Safety trooper rece...
Aug 11, 2024

At least 18 dead after landfill site collapses in Uganda's capital
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A vast landfill site in the Ugandan capital has collapsed, killing at least 18 people, the Red Cross said. Fourteen other people were injured when the Kiteezi landfill, which se...
Aug 11, 2024

Maryland house leveled after apparent blast, at least 1 person found dead
BEL AIR, Md. (AP) - At least one person has died after an apparent explosion leveled a house in a town northeast of Baltimore, fire officials said Sunday. Andrew Doyle, a public information officer fo...
Aug 11, 2024

Ferguson officer critically injured at protest on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown's death
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) - A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer was critically injured outside the city's police station during protests on the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a piv...
Aug 10, 2024

Videos and 911 calls from Uvalde school massacre released by officials after legal fight
DALLAS (AP) - Police videos and 911 calls from the 2022 Uvalde, Texas, school massacre, which left 19 students and two teachers dead, were released Saturday by city officials after a prolonged legal f...
Aug 10, 2024

Seoul says North Korea has flown more trash balloons toward South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's military says North Korea is again flying balloons likely carrying trash toward the South, adding to a bizarre psychological warfare campaign amid growing tensi...
Aug 10, 2024

An Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City kills over 60 people, Palestinian health officials say
CAIRO (AP) - Palestinian health authorities say an Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter Saturday in Gaza City, killing more than 60 people. The Health Ministry's Ambulance and Emergency servi...
Aug 09, 2024

US ambassador confirms Mexican drug lord Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada was brought to US against his will
MEXICO CITY (AP) - The U.S. ambassador to Mexico confirmed Friday that drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was brought to the United States against his will when he arrived in Texas in July on a plane ...
Aug 09, 2024

Trump plane heading to Montana rally was diverted but landed safely nearby, airport staff says
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Donald Trump's plane was diverted on its way to Bozeman, Montana, due to a mechanical issue but landed safely in nearby Billings, according to a staff member at the Billings airp...
Aug 09, 2024

Illinois sheriff retiring after deputy he hired was charged with murder for shooting Sonya Massey
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois sheriff who hired the deputy charged in the death of Sonya Massey announced Friday that he will retire, five weeks after the 36-year-old Black woman was fatally sh...
Aug 09, 2024