Category Archives: World
New Pentagon policy undercuts trans troops' ability to ask to stay in the military, AP learns
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon has rolled out a new policy that will severely undercut the ability for transgender troops who have been banned from the armed forces by the Trump administration to turn...
Oct 31, 2025
Unidentified remains of 3 people transferred to Israel, Red Cross says
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Red Cross said it transferred the unidentified remains of three people to Israel late Friday but they were still being examined and may not be those of missing hos...
Oct 31, 2025
Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form
NEW YORK (AP) - President Donald Trump's request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. Dis...
Oct 31, 2025
FBI confirms shooter in deadly Michigan church attack was motivated by hatred towards Mormons
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The man who opened fire in a Michigan church and set it ablaze last month was motivated by "anti-religious beliefs" against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the F...
Oct 31, 2025
Judges order Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments during the shutdown
BOSTON (AP) - Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must continue to pay for SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using emergenc...
Oct 31, 2025
Alabama man charged with threatening rabbis, imam and others in multiple Southern states
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Federal prosecutors have charged an Alabama man with making threatening calls and texts to multiple rabbis, an imam and others in the South, including telling one that "I want ...
Oct 31, 2025
Ohio panel and Virginia lawmakers move forward with congressional redistricting plans
An Ohio panel adopted new U.S. House districts on Friday that could boost the GOP's chances of winning two additional seats in next year's elections and aid President Donald Trump's efforts to hold on...
Oct 31, 2025
Advocates allege ‘inhumane’ conditions at Chicago-area ICE facility in new lawsuit
CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois advocates sued federal authorities Friday over alleged "inhumane" conditions at a Chicago-area immigration facility. Attorneys with the ACLU of Illinois and the MacArthur Justi...
Oct 31, 2025
UN human rights chief says US strikes on alleged drug boats are 'unacceptable'
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. human rights chief said Friday that U.S. military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are "u...
Oct 31, 2025
JetBlue passengers hospitalized after emergency landing in Florida
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - JetBlue passengers were taken to a hospital after a sudden altitude drop on a flight from Mexico forced an emergency landing in Florida on Thursday, according to officials. The flig...
Oct 30, 2025