World

Scottie Scheffler adjusts to links golf and his role as best player in the world

TROON, Scotland (AP) - The first stage of Scottie Scheffler's rise to the top of golf felt like warp speed. He went from No. 15 in the world to No. 1 in the span of five tournaments, and that was befo...

Jul 17, 2024

Thousands of Nebraskans with felony convictions could be denied voting rights under AG's opinion

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Thousands of Nebraskans with felony convictions could be denied voting rights under an opinion from the state attorney general released Wednesday. Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hil...

Jul 17, 2024

President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) - President Joe Biden has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a speaker at the UnidosUS annual conference broadcast on the White House's YouTube channel. Biden was slated ...

Jul 17, 2024

Panama says migration through border with Colombia is down since President Mulino took office

PANAMA CITY (AP) - Migration through the Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama has declined significantly this month since Panamanian President Jos Ral Mulino took office and ordered authorities to ...

Jul 17, 2024

US military pier for carrying aid to Gaza will be dismantled after weather and security problems

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. military-built pier to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission that has been fraught with repeated weather and security problems...

Jul 17, 2024

Navy exonerates 256 Black sailors unjustly punished in 1944 after a deadly California port explosion

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed hundreds of service members and exposed ...

Jul 17, 2024

Nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw, new AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new poll, sharply u...

Jul 17, 2024

Democrats aim to nominate president in first week of August, as some push Biden to quit the race

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats will look to hold a virtual vote to make President Joe Biden their party's nominee in the first week of August, as Biden has rebuffed calls from some in his party to quit t...

Jul 17, 2024

Water rescues underway in Arkansas after a new wave of storms across US and Canada

YELLVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Water rescues were underway Wednesday in Arkansas after a new wave of severe storms that have pummeled a vast swath of the U.S. and Canada, officials said. High winds, tornadoes...

Jul 17, 2024

Homeland Security inspector general investigates Secret Service handling of security at Trump rally

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Department of Homeland Security's inspector general says its investigating the U.S. Secret Service's handling of security for former President Donald Trump on the day a gunman tr...

Jul 17, 2024