Category Archives: World

County judge strikes down Ohio abortion ban, citing voter-approved reproductive rights amendment
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The most far-reaching of Ohio's laws restricting abortion was struck down on Thursday by a county judge who said last year's voter-approved amendment enshrining reproductive righ...
Oct 24, 2024

Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing dead bodies plead guilty to federal fraud charges
DENVER (AP) - Colorado funeral home owners accused of misspending nearly $900,000 in pandemic relief funds and living lavishly, all while allegedly storing 190 decaying bodies in a building and sendin...
Oct 24, 2024

Hurricane Kristy strengthens into a Category 5 storm in the Pacific Ocean
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 5 storm on Thursday and was expected to remain away from land as it churns in the Pacific Ocean and weakens over the coming days, forec...
Oct 24, 2024

Prosecutors recommend resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez in 1989 killings of their parents
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prosecutors will recommend Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced for the 1989 killings of their parents in the family's Beverly Hills home, providing the brothers with a chance at f...
Oct 24, 2024

A car bomb explodes outside a police station in western Mexico, wounding 3 officers
ACAMBARO, Mexico (AP) - A car bomb left outside a police station in the town of Acambaro in western Mexico has wounded three people, prosecutors in the violence-wracked state of Guanajuato said Thursd...
Oct 24, 2024

President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) - President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize on Friday for the country's role in the Indian boarding school system, which devastated the lives of generations of Indigenou...
Oct 24, 2024

Mozambique's ruling party candidate declared winner of presidential election as rigging claims swirl
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - Moazmbique's ruling party candidate Daniel Chapo was declared the winner of the country's presidential election Thursday amid claims of rigging by the opposition. According t...
Oct 24, 2024

Train carrying at least 50 people derails on Norway's north coast, killing at least 1 person
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - At least one person was killed and four people injured when a train running along Norway's northern coast derailed Thursday with at least 50 people on board, Norwegian media...
Oct 24, 2024

British killer nurse Lucy Letby loses appeal bid for attempted baby murder conviction
LONDON (AP) - British killer nurse Lucy Letby lost her bid Thursday to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl in her care. Letby, 34, is serving multiple life sentences with ...
Oct 24, 2024

Venezuelan opposition leaders win the EU’s top human rights prize
BRUSSELS (AP) - Venezuelan opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzlez Urrutia have won the European Union's top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, European Parliament President R...
Oct 24, 2024