Category Archives: World

New leader of Jesse Jackson's civil rights organization steps down less than 3 months on the job
CHICAGO (AP) - A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's longtime civil rights organization resigned Tuesday after less than three months on the job. The Rev. Frederick Hayn...
Apr 16, 2024

House Republicans send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing a trial
WASHINGTON (AP) - House impeachment managers walked two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas across the Capitol to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing senators to ...
Apr 16, 2024

Venezuela closes embassy in Ecuador to protest raid on Mexican embassy there
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday ordered the closure of his country's embassy and consulates in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by E...
Apr 16, 2024

Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia transgender sports ban
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based di...
Apr 16, 2024

Trump returns to court after first day of his hush money criminal trial ended with no jurors picked
NEW YORK (AP) - Donald Trump returned to a New York courtroom Tuesday as a judge works to find a panel of jurors who will decide whether the former president is guilty of criminal charges alleging he ...
Apr 16, 2024

Fire rages through the 17th-century old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen and its spire has collapsed
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - One of Copenhagen's oldest buildings is on fire and its iconic spire has collapsed. The roof of the 17th-century old Stock Exchange, or Boersen, that was once Denmark's fina...
Apr 16, 2024

A knife attack in Australia against a bishop and a priest is being treated as terrorism, police say
SYDNEY (AP) - Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person was an act of terrorism. P...
Apr 15, 2024

Clark selected No. 1 in WNBA draft by Indiana Fever
NEW YORK (AP) - Caitlin Clark was selected with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft by the Indiana Fever on Monday night. The former Iowa star became a household name among basketball fans during her rec...
Apr 15, 2024

A 9-year-old boy's dream of a pet octopus is a sensation as thousands follow Terrance's story online
The one thing 9-year-old Cal Clifford wanted more than anything since he was a toddler was a pet octopus. The boy's family in rural Edmond, Oklahoma, humored him with toy versions of an eight-legged m...
Apr 15, 2024

Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. The justices' order...
Apr 15, 2024