Category Archives: World

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Already sentenced to federal prison, the first of six former Mississippi law enforcement officers has been sentenced on state charges for his part in torturing two Black men. Bre...

GENEVA (AP) - Switzerland's government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes...

Monaco - Track and field is set to become the first sport to introduce prize money at the Olympics, with World Athletics saying Wednesday it would pay $50,000 to gold medalists in Paris. The move is a...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Initial exit polls suggested South Korea's liberal opposition parties are expected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday's parliamentary election. The joint exit polls by S...

HONG KONG (AP) - A fire at a building in Hong Kong on Tuesday morning killed at least five people and left another 11 injured. Police said they were still receiving calls from people inside the buildi...

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri man was executed Tuesday for killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago in an attack that left the couple's 4-year-old daughter home alone and unharme...

PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state can enforce its long-dormant law criminalizing all abortions except when a mother's life is at stake. The case examined whether th...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over a five-year period but didn't consistently track the outcomes or effectiveness of its programs, according to state au...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's once powerful oil minister who quit last year has been arrested on allegations of corruption, the government announced Tuesday. The Ministry of Communications rel...

MILAN (AP) - An explosion Tuesday at a hydroelectric plant in northern Italy killed at least three workers and seriously injured five others, a regional fire chief said. At least four other people wer...