Category Archives: World
House ethics panel finds Florida congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick committed 25 violations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida committed numerous violations of House rules and ethics standards, the House Ethics Committee found Friday in a ruling that coul...
Mar 27, 2026
Brazil's Bolsonaro leaves hospital and heads home to serve his 27-year sentence
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from a hospital in the capital on Friday to continue serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at his residence in an upsca...
Mar 27, 2026
Nepal’s youngest prime minister takes the oath of office
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Nepal's youngest prime minister took the oath of office Friday after his party won a landslide victory in elections earlier this month, and following a youth-led uprising that ...
Mar 27, 2026
US Treasury plans to put Trump's signature on new paper currency in first for sitting president
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Treasury Department plans to put President Donald Trump's signature on all new U.S. paper currency, the agency announced on Thursday. The move would be a first for a sitting...
Mar 26, 2026
North Carolina’s photo voter ID mandate can continue as a judge upholds the law
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge rejected arguments by civil rights groups that Republicans enacted the requirement with ...
Mar 26, 2026
California renames César Chavez Day following sexual abuse allegations
SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) - California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Thursday to rename Csar Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day in an effort to reconcile the Latino labor icon's legacy with explo...
Mar 26, 2026
Brother and sister are charged after an explosive device was found outside a Florida Air Force base
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A man who fled to China after leaving an explosive device outside MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa has been indicted along with his sister in Florida on federal charges, an...
Mar 26, 2026
Judge weighs whether Venezuela can pay Maduro's legal costs in US drug trafficking case
NEW YORK (AP) - Former Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro and his wife were back in a New York courtroom Thursday as they seek to have their drug trafficking indictments thrown out over a geopolitical...
Mar 26, 2026
Transgender women athletes banned from women's Olympic events by new IOC policy
GENEVA (AP) - Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump...
Mar 26, 2026
EU lawmakers vote to make it easier to set up migrant detention centers outside the bloc
BRUSSELS (AP) - European lawmakers voted Thursday to ease the setting up of new migrant detention centers outside the European Union, known as "return hubs." Members of the European Parliament voted 3...
Mar 26, 2026