Category Archives: World

Police arrest 150 as unrest spreads to multiple towns after 17-year-old driver killed by police
NANTERRE, France (AP) - Protesters angry after police fatally shot a 17-year-old boy set cars and public buildings ablaze in Paris suburbs and unrest spread to some other French cities and towns, desp...
Jun 28, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard says 'presumed human remains' found in Titan wreckage
The United States Coast Guard says "presumed human remains" have been found in the wreckage of the Titan submersible.Debris from the ill-fated submersible was returned to shore on Wednesday in Newfoun...
Jun 28, 2023

Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee block portions of transgender youth care bans
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Federal judges in Kentucky and Tennessee blocked portions of bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, handing down the rulings just days before the statutes were set...
Jun 28, 2023

UConn introduces Siberian husky pup Jonathan XV as the school's next mascot
STORRS, Conn. (AP) - The University of Connecticut officials welcomed a new celebrity on Wednesday, and they say he's a very good boy. Jonathan XV is a 2-month old Siberian husky who will take over as...
Jun 28, 2023

Gymnastics star Simone Biles returning to competition in August in first meet since 2020 Olympics
Simone Biles is back. The gymnastics superstar plans to return to competition at the U.S. Classic outside Chicago in early August, her first event since the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. USA Gymnastics announc...
Jun 28, 2023

Zeneta Everhart, mother of Buffalo mass shooting survivor, wins city council primary
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Zeneta Everhart, who became a voice against racism and gun violence last year after her son survived a mass shooting, won a Democratic primary on Tuesday to represent a Buffalo ne...
Jun 27, 2023

Deputies accused of abusing Black men are fired by Mississippi sheriff amid federal probe
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Deputies accused of beating and sexually assaulting two Black men before shooting one of them in the mouth, prompting a federal civil rights investigation, have been fired, a Mis...
Jun 27, 2023

U.S. arrests 4 Mexican nationals in 2022 deaths of 53 migrants found trapped in hot tractor trailer
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - U.S. authorities on Tuesday announced the arrests of four more people in last year's smuggling deaths of 53 migrants, including eight children, who were left in a tractor trailer in...
Jun 27, 2023

Canadian wildfires are causing unhealthy air quality again in Chicago and other parts of the US
CHICAGO (AP) - Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and ...
Jun 27, 2023

Sierra Leone's president wins second term without need for runoff, election commission announces
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio has won a second term in office, receiving 56.17% of ballots cast and narrowly clearing the threshold for avoiding a runoff in t...
Jun 27, 2023