Category Archives: World

Ex-University of Arizona grad student gets life sentence for killing professor on campus
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A former University of Arizona graduate student was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for fatally shooting a hydrology professor on campus month...
Jun 24, 2024

Lawsuit challenges new Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display the Ten Commandments
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit Monday to block Louisiana's new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom, a measure they c...
Jun 24, 2024

US is expected to send Ukraine $150 million more in munitions to fight off Russia's attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is expected to announce Tuesday it is sending an additional $150 million in critically needed munitions to Ukraine, as Russia accuses Ukraine of using U.S.-provided munition...
Jun 24, 2024

Testimony nears end for woman accused of killing her Boston officer boyfriend with SUV
DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - The defense called its final witnesses Monday in the murder trial of a Massachusetts woman accused of striking her Boston police officer with her SUV and leaving him to die in a s...
Jun 24, 2024

Supreme Court will take up state bans on gender-affirming care for minors
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday jumped into the fight over transgender rights, agreeing to hear an appeal from the Biden administration seeking to block state bans on gender-affirming ca...
Jun 24, 2024

Dali cargo ship leaves Baltimore for Virginia, nearly 3 months after bridge collapse
The cargo ship Dali headed out of Baltimore for Virginia on Monday, nearly three months after it lost power and crashed into one of the Francis Scott Key bridge's supporting columns and caused the bri...
Jun 24, 2024

Seoul says North Korea has resumed balloon launches likely to drop trash in South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's military says North Korea has launched more balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea. A Joint Chiefs of Staff statement says the balloons are moving so...
Jun 24, 2024

Princess Anne sustains minor injuries and concussion in an 'incident,' Buckingham Palace says
LONDON (AP) - Buckingham Palace says Princess Anne has sustained minor injuries and concussion following an incident on the Gatcombe Park estate on Sunday. The 73-year-old sister of King Charles III h...
Jun 24, 2024

More than 15 policemen, several civilians killed by gunmen in Russia's southern Dagestan region
MOSCOW (AP) - More than 15 policemen and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, were killed by armed militants in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan, its governor Sergei Melikov said in ...
Jun 23, 2024

North Macedonia's parliament approves a new center-right government after May's election
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) - North Macedonia's center-right leader secured parliamentary approval to lead a new coalition government in a vote late Sunday. Hristijan Mickoski, 46, faces significant ...
Jun 23, 2024