Category Archives: World
Federal prosecutors dismiss charges against woman shot by Border Patrol agent in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors moved Thursday to dismiss charges against a woman who was shot several times by a Border Patrol agent last month during the federal immigration crackdown in the Chic...
Nov 20, 2025
Fire prompts evacuations at UN climate talks in Brazil, but officials say no one hurt
BELEM, Brazil (AP) - A fire spread through pavilions being used for U.N. climate talks in Brazil and prompted evacuations Thursday on the next-to-last day of the conference but nobody was hurt, offici...
Nov 20, 2025
Trump administration threatens to withhold $75M from Pennsylvania over immigrant truck drivers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration threatened Thursday to withhold nearly $75 million in funding if Pennsylvania does not immediately revoke what the administration claims are illegally issued...
Nov 20, 2025
Federal immigration crackdown ends in Charlotte, North Carolina, sheriff says
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A federal immigration crackdown centered around North Carolina's largest city of Charlotte appeared to be over after less than a week as Border Patrol agents now turn their attent...
Nov 20, 2025
White House official: US representative will attend G20 handover but won't take part in talks
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - A representative from the U.S. Embassy in South Africa will attend the formal handover ceremony at the end of this weekend's Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg, but the United Stat...
Nov 20, 2025
Nigerian court sentences separatist Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison on terrorism charges
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AP) - A court in Nigeria on Thursday convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of all seven terrorism-related charges brought against him and sentenced him to life imprisonment. Kanu fou...
Nov 20, 2025
UN atomic agency demands Iran provide full information about its nuclear stockpile
VIENNA (AP) - The U.N. atomic watchdog on Thursday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency and provide "precise information" about its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, as well as gr...
Nov 20, 2025
Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his ...
Nov 19, 2025
US Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds
MIAMI (AP) - U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using some of the money to aid her 2021 camp...
Nov 19, 2025
5 accused of supporting antifa plead guilty to terrorism-related offense after Texas shooting
DALLAS (AP) - Five people pleaded guilty Wednesday to terrorism-related charges after they were accused of supporting antifa in a July shooting that wounded a police officer outside a Texas immigratio...
Nov 19, 2025