Category Archives: World

Woman who admitted to Slender Man attack to be freed Monday
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin woman who admitted to helping stab a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man will be freed Monday from a mental health institution, a judge ruled Friday. ...
Sep 10, 2021

US: Afghan evacuee flights halted from two key bases
The U.S. has halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from two main bases overseas for unspecified "health safety concerns," a move U.S. officials warn will have a severe impact on the evacuat...
Sep 10, 2021

Lebanon forms new government, 1st in over a year
BEIRUT (AP) - The Lebanese presidency says a new government has been formed, breaking a 13-month deadlock that saw the country slide deeper into financial chaos and poverty. Lebanon has been without a...
Sep 10, 2021

Pope Francis to visit impoverished Roma quarter in Slovakia
KOSICE, Slovakia (AP) - Pope Francis is paying a visit next week to a neighborhood in Slovakia most Slovaks would not even think about going, which until recently even the police would avoid after dar...
Sep 10, 2021

Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil leaders charged with subversion
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong police charged the group that organizes the city's annual Tiananmen candlelight vigil and three of its leaders with subversion under the national security law, amid an ongoi...
Sep 09, 2021

Biden calls Xi as U.S.-China relationship grows more fraught
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden spoke with China's Xi Jinping on Thursday amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders' top advisers has been ...
Sep 09, 2021

Can Larry Elder build 'movement' from California recall?
LOS ANGELES (AP) - In two months, Larry Elder went from conservative talk radio host to leader of the Republican field in the California recall election that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom ...
Sep 09, 2021

Florida's GOP-backed 'anti-riot' law blocked by judge
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Florida's new "anti-riot" law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as a way to quell violent protests is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, a federal judge rule...
Sep 09, 2021

Justice Dept. sues Texas over state's new abortion law
The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted "in open defiance of the Constitution." The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in...
Sep 09, 2021

Crews searching for Confederate statue's 1887 time capsule
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Work crews are still searching for a time capsule they believe is buried inside the pedestal under a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that towered over Richmond, Virginia,...
Sep 09, 2021