Category Archives: World

Security forces kill at least 60 as protests engulf Chad
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - Chadian security forces opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in the country's two largest cities Thursday killing at least 60 people, the government spokesman and a morg...
Oct 20, 2022

Oklahoma executes man convicted of killing infant daughter
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed inmate Benjamin Cole on Thursday morning despite claims from his attorneys that he had been severely mentally ill. Cole was pronounced dead at 10:22 a.m. at O...
Oct 20, 2022

US: Iranian troops in Crimea backing Russian drone strikes
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House said Thursday that the U.S. has evidence that Iranian troops are "directly engaged on the ground" in Crimea supporting Russian drone attacks on Ukraine's infrastructu...
Oct 20, 2022

Prosecution rests in Wisconsin parade suspect's trial
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Prosecutors rested their case Thursday in the trial of a Wisconsin man accused of killing six people and injuring scores of others when he allegedly drove his SUV through a Christ...
Oct 20, 2022

Worker who quietly lowered town's fluoride for years resigns
A town employee who quietly lowered the fluoride in a Vermont community's drinking water for years has resigned - and is asserting that the levels had actually been low for much longer than believed. ...
Oct 20, 2022

Qatar's 12-year journey as World Cup host has 1 month to go
GENEVA (AP) - The first World Cup in the Middle East is one month away, nearing the conclusion of an often bumpy 12-year journey for Qatar that has transformed the nation. Qatar has faced skepticism a...
Oct 20, 2022

Israel: Forces kill Palestinian who shot dead female soldier
JERUSALEM (AP) - A Palestinian gunman who killed an Israeli soldier earlier this month was shot dead Wednesday after opening fire at a security guard at a West Bank settlement near Jerusalem, Israel's...
Oct 19, 2022

'Swift-footed lizard' named Massachusetts state dinosaur
BOSTON (AP) - A "swift-footed lizard" that lived millions of years ago in what is now Massachusetts has been named the state's official dinosaur under legislation signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Cha...
Oct 19, 2022

DA: Hoarder charged after 300 animals rescued from NY home
MILLER PLACE, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities rescued nearly 300 rabbits, birds and other animals from a filthy home in New York and charged a self-help book author with cruel confinement of animals, prosecut...
Oct 19, 2022

Putin declares martial law in annexed regions of Ukraine
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin declared martial law Wednesday in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow annexed and given additional emergency powers to the heads of all regions of Ru...
Oct 19, 2022