Category Archives: World

McIlroy showing major form with bogey-free 65 to share US Open lead with Cantlay
PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) - Rory McIlroy sent his 20-foot birdie putt on its way at the 18th hole Thursday and started walking toward the cup when the ball was still some 6 feet away from falling. It looke...
Jun 13, 2024

Cannabis regulators allow pot to be transported to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket amid shortage
MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) - Cannabis regulators in Massachusetts on Thursday issued an administrative order that will allow pot to be transported to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket islands for the first tim...
Jun 13, 2024

UN adopts a resolution demanding that Sudan's paramilitary force halt its siege of a Darfur city
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Thursday demanding that Sudan's paramilitary force halt its siege of the only capital in the vast western region of Darfur that it ...
Jun 13, 2024

President Biden says he won't offer commutation to his son Hunter after gun sentence
FASANO, Italy (AP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that he will not use his presidential powers to lessen the eventual sentence that his son Hunter will receive for his federal felony conviction o...
Jun 13, 2024

A defiant Fani Willis appears to call out Donald Trump in speech at Black church
MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - Fani Willis called out her critics in a defiant speech Thursday at a Black church outside Atlanta, not naming names but appearing to refer to Donald Trump and others who have atta...
Jun 13, 2024

Phoenix police have pattern of violating civil rights and using excessive force, Justice Dept. says
PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix police violate people's rights, discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people when enforcing the law and use excessive force, including unjustified deadly forc...
Jun 13, 2024

Washington state's Makah tribe clears major hurdle toward resuming whale hunts
SEATTLE (AP) - The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. The Makah, a...
Jun 13, 2024

Double take: 23 sets of twins graduate from a single Massachusetts middle school
NEEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - Twenty-three sets of twins have graduated from a Massachusetts middle school, making up about 10% of the eighth-grade class. The identical and fraternal twins graduated from Poll...
Jun 13, 2024

Supreme Court rules California man can't trademark 'Trump too small'
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against a man who wants to trademark the suggestive phrase "Trump too small." The justices upheld the government's decision to deny a trademark to...
Jun 13, 2024

US reporter Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia on espionage charges, to stand trial, officials say
MOSCOW (AP) - U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, authorities said Thurs...
Jun 13, 2024