Category Archives: World

Biden apologizes to Ukraine's Zelenskyy for monthslong holdup to weapons that let Russia make gains
PARIS (AP) - President Joe Biden on Friday for the first time publicly apologized to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a monthslong holdup in American military assistance that let Russia mak...
Jun 7, 2024

Yemen's Houthi rebels detain at least 9 UN staffers and others in sudden crackdown, officials say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - At least nine Yemeni employees of United Nations agencies have been detained by Yemen's Houthi rebels under unclear circumstances, authorities said Friday, as the re...
Jun 7, 2024

Brown has 22, Porzingis returns with 20 as Celtics open NBA Finals with 107-89 win over Mavericks
BOSTON (AP) - Jaylen Brown scored 22 points, Kristaps Porzingis added 20 in his first game in more than a month and the Boston Celtics powered past the Dallas Mavericks 107-89 on Thursday night in Gam...
Jun 6, 2024

Israel’s Netanyahu set to address the US Congress on July 24, AP source says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, according to a person familiar with the matter. Congressional leaders last week fo...
Jun 6, 2024

Texas sheriff says 7 suspects arrested, 11 migrants hospitalized after sting near San Antonio
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Eleven people were hospitalized and seven smuggling suspects were arrested Thursday after authorities found more than two dozen migrants who had been driven from the border packed...
Jun 6, 2024

US to send new $225 million military aid package to Ukraine, officials say.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will send about $225 million in military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Thursday, in a new package that includes ammunition Kyiv's forces could use to strike threats in...
Jun 6, 2024

2 more charged in betting scandal that spurred NBA to bar Raptors' Jontay Porter for life
NEW YORK (AP) - Two more men were charged Thursday in the sports betting scandal that prompted the NBA to ban former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter for life. Timothy McCormack and Mahmud Mollah ...
Jun 6, 2024

Trump ally Steve Bannon must surrender to prison by July 1 to start contempt sentence, judge says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon must report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee that investigated the attack on the ...
Jun 6, 2024

Widow of Beau Biden takes the stand in Hunter Biden's gun trial, talks about tossing the weapon
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The widow of Hunter Biden's brother, Beau, testified Thursday in his federal gun trial that she found his crack at her Wilmington, Delaware, house, saw him use the illicit drug...
Jun 6, 2024

Fossil-hunting diver says he has found a large section of mastodon tusk off Florida's coast
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - At first, fossil-hunting diver Alex Lundberg thought the lengthy object on the sea floor off Florida's Gulf Coast was a piece of wood. It turned out to be something far rar...
Jun 6, 2024