Category Archives: World

Supreme Court steps into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste in rural Texas and New Mexico
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to step into a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico. The justices said they will review a ruling by the 5...
Oct 04, 2024

Iran's foreign minister vows harsh retaliation if Israel strikes Iran in response to missile barrage
BEIRUT (AP) - Iran's foreign minister warned Israel on Friday that if it carries out an attack on Iran, Tehran will retaliate in a harsh way. Abbas Araghchi was in Beirut for meetings with Lebanese of...
Oct 04, 2024

Rainstorms and heavy floods hit large parts of Bosnia, killing at least 14 people
KISELJAK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - A severe rainstorm struck Bosnia overnight Friday, killing at least 14 people and flooding several towns and villages in central and southern parts of the country. ...
Oct 04, 2024

EU's top court says some FIFA rules on international transfers are contrary to the bloc's law
The European Union's top court said Friday that some FIFA rules on player transfers are contrary to European Union legislation relating to competition and freedom of movement, in a ruling that will li...
Oct 04, 2024

Liz Cheney campaigns with Harris in Wisconsin while Trump holds a rally in Michigan
RIPON, Wisc. (AP) - Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump's fiercest Republican antagonists, rallied with Kamala Harris on Thursday at the site in Wisconsin where the modern Republican Party was born, as th...
Oct 03, 2024

Los Angeles prosecutors to review new evidence in Menendez brothers' 1996 murder conviction
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing new evidence in the case of the Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 y...
Oct 03, 2024

Hurricane Kirk strengthens into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic
MIAMI (AP) - Hurricane Kirk strengthened Thursday into a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and waves caused by it could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions this weekend, foreca...
Oct 03, 2024

Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark a near-unanimous choice as WNBA's Rookie of the Year
NEW YORK (AP) - Caitlin Clark has been named the WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote, giving the Indiana Fever back-to-back winners after Aliyah Boston won the honor last season. A nation...
Oct 03, 2024

Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme
A judge sentenced a former Colorado county clerk to nine years behind bars Thursday for leading a voting system data-breach scheme inspired by the rampant false claims that fraud altered the 2020 pres...
Oct 03, 2024

Jury mulling fate of 3 former Memphis officers charged in Tyre Nichols' fatal beating
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - The future of three former Memphis officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols' civil rights in a beating that proved fatal is in the hands of a jury after a nearly monthlong fe...
Oct 03, 2024