Category Archives: World

Reward increased for capture of escaped New Orleans inmates as 7 dangerous felons remain on the lam
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - Officials have increased the reward for the capture of seven imnates who escaped from a New Orleans jail. FBI Special Agent Jonathan Trapp said Sunday seven of the 10 escapees ...
May 18, 2025

Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday. Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found...
May 18, 2025

Authorities investigating Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic explosion identify suspect
Authorities identified the suspect in the explosion at a Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic as Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, saying at a news conference Sunday that he is the ma...
May 18, 2025

Federal officials launch investigation into Mexican tall ship that struck Brooklyn Bridge
NEW YORK (AP) - Federal transportation officials have launched an investigation into why a Mexican navy tall ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge in a collision that snapped the vessel's three masts, killed t...
May 18, 2025

Suicide attacker in Somali capital kills 13 at a military recruitment center
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A suicide bomber in the Somali capital on Sunday targeted young recruits waiting to register at a military camp, killing at least 13 and wounded 21 others, witnesses said. Mo...
May 18, 2025

Pope Leo XIV takes his first popemobile ride through St. Peter's Square ahead of installation
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV took his first popemobile ride through St. Peter's Square ahead of installation on Sunday, waving from the back of the open-back truck to the crowd waving flags and ch...
May 18, 2025

Portugal holds its 3rd general election in 3 years but the vote might not restore stability
LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Voters in Portugal return to the polls Sunday for a third general election in three years, as the country's increasingly fragmented political landscape defies efforts to unite ...
May 18, 2025

Russia launches one of biggest drone attacks on Ukraine since start of war, killing at least 1
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia overnight into Sunday launched one of its most intense drone attacks on Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in 2022. Russia fired a total of 273 explodin...
May 18, 2025

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 66 people, hospitals and medics say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 66 people overnight and into Sunday, hospitals and medics in the battered enclave said as Israel launches an esca...
May 18, 2025

Poles vote for a new president as security concerns loom large
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poles are voting Sunday in a presidential election at a time of heightened security concerns stemming from the ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine and growing worry that the U.S. ...
May 17, 2025