Category Archives: World
Emma Bonino, leader of the abortion battle that changed Italy, dies at 78
ROME (AP) - Emma Bonino, who rose to political prominence in the 1970s as a leader of the Radical Party campaign to legalize abortion in heavily Roman Catholic Italy over the objections of the Vatican...
Sep 11, 2026
Police say 5 dead, 40 injured in tour bus crash in eastern Switzerland
GENEVA (AP) - Police say five people have died and 40 others were injured after a Dutch tour bus slammed into a roadside crash barrier and overturned in eastern Switzerland. The bus, with 45 people on...
Sep 11, 2026
Death toll in Philippine ferry fire rises to 35 as more bodies are recovered
CORON, Philippines (AP) - The death toll from a fire on a passenger fire in the Philippines has risen to 35, as more bodies were recovered Friday from the burned wreck, with 54 still missing. There we...
Sep 10, 2026
Hong Kong court sentences 3 Tiananmen vigil organizers to prison in national security case
HONG KONG (AP) - Three Hong Kong activists who organized annual vigils in remembrance of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced Friday to about 5 to 7 years in prison in a case widely ...
Sep 10, 2026
In Florida’s 15th execution this year, man put to death for killing linked to ‘Hog Trail Murders’
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man convicted in one of a series of suspected killings that became known as the "Hog Trail Murders" in the 1990s was put to death Thursday, becoming the state's 15th pers...
Sep 10, 2026
Prosecutor brought in to lead investigation of Trump foes tells AP that he has resigned his position
WASHINGTON (AP) - An ally of President Donald Trump said Thursday that he has resigned from his post leading a Justice Department investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence off...
Sep 10, 2026
Dutch tour bus overturns in Switzerland, leaving several people dead, police say
GENEVA (AP) - A Dutch tour bus overturned in eastern Switzerland in a serious accident that left several people dead and others injured, police said. The bus overturned Thursday afternoon between the ...
Sep 10, 2026
Appeals court hands Trump a loss on mail voting as Supreme Court considers his executive order
WASHINGTON (AP) - An appeals court on Thursday upheld a block on President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail voting, a decision that comes as the Supreme Court considers the same case and s...
Sep 10, 2026
Fire in eastern Congo kills at least 26 students at 2 schools
BUKAVU, Congo (AP) - A fire swept through two adjacent schools Thursday in the city of Bukavu in eastern Congo, killing at least 26 students and injuring dozens, the provincial government said. The So...
Sep 10, 2026
Appeals court hands Trump a loss on mail voting as Supreme Court considers his executive order
WASHINGTON (AP) - An appeals court on Thursday upheld a block on President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail voting, a decision that comes as the Supreme Court considers the same case and s...
Sep 10, 2026