Category Archives: World

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th century law
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Trump administration's appeal to quickly resume deportations of Venezuelans under an 18th century wartime law. Over two dissenting votes, the...
May 16, 2025

Authorities say 11 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail; 10 still missing after one recaptured
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Authorities in Louisiana say they are in pursuit of 10 inmates - at least one of whom is convicted of murder - who escaped from a New Orleans jail. Another inmate was captured Frida...
May 16, 2025

Jury convicts ex-Tennessee House speaker and his aide in legislative mail scheme
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Tennessee House speaker and his onetime chief of staff in a scheme to win taxpayer-funded mail business from state lawmakers even af...
May 16, 2025

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan steps aside pending outcome of sexual misconduct investigation
BRUSSELS (AP) - The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will temporarily step down pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct, the court announced F...
May 16, 2025

Russia and Ukraine hold their first direct peace talks in 3 years amid low expectations
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks in three years Friday, gathering in Istanbul for Turkish-brokered negotiations, but officials and observers expected them...
May 16, 2025

Trump says Iran has a proposal from the US on its rapidly advancing nuclear program
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran has an American proposal over its rapidly advancing nuclear program as negotiations between the two countries g...
May 16, 2025

Israeli strikes kill at least 64 people in Gaza as Trump wraps up his Middle East visit
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday killed at least 64 people, hospitals said, as U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his Middle East visit that skipped I...
May 16, 2025

Florida executes suspected serial killer once eyed for possible link to the OJ Simpson case
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A suspected serial killer once scrutinized for a possible link to the O.J. Simpson case that riveted the nation in the 1990s was executed Thursday in Florida for the murder of a wo...
May 15, 2025

Military commanders will be told to send transgender troops to medical checks to oust them
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military commanders will be told to identify troops in their units who are transgender or have gender dysphoria, then send them to get medical checks in order to force them out of th...
May 15, 2025

Autopsies misclassified in-custody deaths that were actually homicides, Maryland officials say
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - An audit of Maryland autopsies has uncovered at least 36 in-custody police deaths that should have been considered homicides, state officials announced Thursday following a compr...
May 15, 2025