Category Archives: World
Jim Bakker, who built ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire, has died at 86
BRANSON, Mo. (AP) - Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful "The PTL Club" TV show, only to lose it all over a sex scandal and fin...
Oct 5, 2026
2 people killed, including a student, after Florida school bus rolls over in crash, sheriff says
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) - A school bus flipped over onto its roof during a multivehicle crash in central Florida on Monday morning, killing two people - including a 10th grade girl - and injuring seve...
Oct 5, 2026
Military aircraft with 32 people on board crashes in southern Nigeria
ONDO, Nigeria (AP) - A military aircraft crashed Monday in southern Nigeria with 25 passengers and 7 crew members on board, triggering a frantic search and rescue operation, authorities said. There wa...
Oct 5, 2026
Dennis Hastert, longtime Republican House speaker who went to prison, dies at age 84
CHICAGO (AP) - Dennis Hastert, whose congressional legacy as the longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior car...
Oct 5, 2026
Boat collision on the Congo River killed at least 30 and dozens are missing, Congolese officials say
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Two boats collided over the weekend on the Congo River, killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens missing, local authorities in Congo said Monday. The motorized wooden boats...
Oct 5, 2026
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces expel Houthi rebels from several areas around key strait, officials say
ADEN, Yemen (AP) - Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemeni officials said...
Oct 5, 2026
Nobel medicine prize goes to 3 scientists for shining light on brain activity
STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. Dr. Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann an...
Oct 5, 2026
Former Prince Andrew files a legal action to quash warrants that led to searches of his residences
LONDON (AP) - Former Prince Andrew has filed a legal action challenging the warrants that authorized searches at two of his homes earlier this year as British police investigated allegations related t...
Oct 5, 2026
Spain's prime minister calls early elections as pressure mounts over housing crisis
MADRID (AP) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez announced early elections Monday after his government suffered a bruising legislative defeat last week on emergency measures related to the country's ...
Oct 5, 2026
US Air Force removes all bombers from British air base targeted by a suspected terror attack
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at th...
Oct 4, 2026