Category Archives: World
Top counterterrorism official Kent resigns over Trump's Iran war, says Iran posed no imminent threat
WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns about the justification for military strikes in Iran and say...
Mar 17, 2026
Another marathon WNBA CBA negotiation drags past 3:30 a.m. with no deal done
NEW YORK (AP) - Another marathon negotiating session between the WNBA and its players union didn't end with a new collective bargaining agreement. The two sides met for the eighth consecutive day on T...
Mar 17, 2026
Police in Nigeria suspect suicide bombers in deaths of at least 23 people in Maiduguri
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) - At least 23 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in suspected suicide bombings Monday night that targeted Maiduguri city in northeastern Nigeria, police said Tuesday....
Mar 17, 2026
A Utah woman who wrote a book on grief after husband's death found guilty of murdering him
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) - A Utah woman was convicted Monday of aggravated murder after poisoning her husband with fentanyl and self-publishing a children's book about coping with grief. Prosecutors said ...
Mar 16, 2026
A heat wave with triple-digit temps is altering the MLB Cactus League schedule
PHOENIX (AP) - Bringing the heat in spring training is supposed to be about hard-throwing pitchers, not triple-digit temperatures like those that will impact Major League Baseball spring training game...
Mar 16, 2026
Last protester in immigration detention after Trump’s campus crackdown has been released
ALVARADO, Texas (AP) - A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administration's 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses was fr...
Mar 16, 2026
Bombs explode in northeastern Nigeria, leaving scores killed and injured, authorities say
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) - Bombs exploded in at least three locations in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state Monday night, killing and injuring scores of people, the emergency services told The Associat...
Mar 16, 2026
Supreme Court to hear arguments over push to end legal protections for migrants from Haiti, Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Trump administration's push to end legal protections for people fleeing war and natural disaster from countries around the world, inclu...
Mar 16, 2026
Afghanistan says 400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan accused Pakistan of killing at least 400 people in an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital late Monday. It marked a dramatic escalati...
Mar 16, 2026
Islandwide blackout hits Cuba as it struggles with deepening energy crisis
HAVANA (AP) - Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble. The Mi...
Mar 16, 2026