Category Archives: World

Cha-ching! Biden embraces his election-year fundraising role
WASHINGTON (AP) - Whenever a donor's unsilenced cellphone goes off at a fundraiser while President Joe Biden is talking, he has the same joke ready to go: It's Donald Trump on the other line. "If that...
Oct 01, 2022

Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans; US frees 2 prisoners
WASHINGTON (AP) - Venezuela on Saturday freed seven Americans imprisoned in the South American country in exchange for the release of two nephews of President Nicholas Maduro's wife who had been jaile...
Oct 01, 2022

North Korea fires 4th round of missile tests in 1 week
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Saturday fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korean and Japanese officials said, making it the North's fourth round of we...
Sep 30, 2022

Newsom has mixed verdict on California criminal justice laws
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed verdict on more than three dozen criminal justice laws before his bill-signing deadline Friday, approving measures to seal crim...
Sep 30, 2022

Russia vetoes UN resolution calling its referendums illegal
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Friday that would have condemned its referendums in four Ukrainian regions as illegal, declared them invalid and urged all countries not to recogn...
Sep 30, 2022

Ian makes landfall again, this time in South Carolina
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Hurricane Ian has made another landfall, this time in South Carolina, after carving a swath of destruction across Florida earlier this week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center ...
Sep 30, 2022

House OKs bill to avert government shutdown, aid Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic-led House passed a short-term spending bill on Friday that finances the federal government through mid-December and provides another infusion of military and economic ...
Sep 30, 2022

Nevada governor orders prison head to resign after escape
RENO, Nev. (AP) - The head of Nevada's Department of Corrections has resigned at the request of Gov. Steve Sisolak in the wake of an escape by a convicted bombmaker that went unreported for four days....
Sep 30, 2022

Sailor found not guilty of setting fire that destroyed ship
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A Navy judge has ruled a sailor was not guilty of setting a fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego in 2020. The ruling Friday came after a nine-day trial at Naval B...
Sep 30, 2022

US hits Russia with sanctions for annexing Ukrainian regions
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. on Friday sanctioned more than 1,000 people and firms connected to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including its Central Bank governor and families of National Security Counci...
Sep 30, 2022