Category Archives: World

Trump administration hands over nation's Medicaid enrollee data, including addresses, to ICE
WASHINGTON (AP) - Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will be given access to the personal data of the nation's 79 million Medicaid enrollees, including home addresses and ethnicities, to tr...
Jul 17, 2025

Just 1 in 4 US adults say Trump's policies have helped them, a new AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Only about one-quarter of U.S. adults say that President Donald Trump's policies have helped them since he took office, according to a new poll that finds underwhelming marks for him...
Jul 17, 2025

Zelenskyy shakes up Ukrainian Cabinet, appointing new prime minister to reinvigorate war effort
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's economy minister and the key negotiator in the mineral deal with the U.S, Yuliia Svyrydenko, has been appointed as new prime minister, becoming its first new head of gov...
Jul 17, 2025

A parish priest and several injured as airstrikes hit a Gaza church
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Strikes hit the Holy Family Church in northern Gaza on Thursday morning, injuring several people including the parish priest, officials with the Catholic Church said. ...
Jul 17, 2025

A fire at a mall in eastern Iraq kills 50 people
BAGHDAD (AP) - A fire at a mall in eastern Iraq's Wasit province killed 50 people, including women and children, the provincial governor said Thursday. Gov. Mohammed al-Mayyeh in a statement declared ...
Jul 17, 2025

Justice Department fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor on Epstein case and daughter of ex-FBI director
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey and a prosecutor in the federal cases against Sean "Diddy" Combs and Jeffrey Epstein, ...
Jul 16, 2025

A tsunami warning is in effect along parts of Alaska's southern coast after 7.3 magnitude earthquake
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Communities along a 700-mile (1,127-km) stretch of Alaska's southern coast ordered their residents to higher ground Wednesday after a powerful earthquake prompted a tsunami wa...
Jul 16, 2025

Pro-Palestinian protester takes issue with Israeli team at Tour de France
TOULOUSE, France (AP) - A man protesting the participation of an Israel-based team in the Tour de France ran onto the course as the leaders raced for the finish line on Wednesday. Norwegian rider Jona...
Jul 16, 2025

New execution date set for Texas man Robert Roberson in shaken baby syndrome case
HOUSTON (AP) - A judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a Texas man who won a last-minute reprieve last year and could become the first person in the U.S. to be put to death ...
Jul 16, 2025

Feds charge 3 current or former Louisiana police chiefs in an alleged visa fraud scheme
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Federal authorities said Wednesday that they charged three current or former Louisiana police chiefs with taking hundreds of bribes in exchange for filing false police reports ...
Jul 16, 2025