World

A shaken Minnesota community waits for answers on the killings of 2 officers and 1 firefighter

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A man who died after fatally shooting two police officers and a paramedic in a wooded Minneapolis-area neighborhood wasn't legally allowed to have guns and was entangled in a years-...

Feb 19, 2024

Minnesota man who shot 2 officers and a firefighter wasn't allowed to have guns

A man who died after fatally shooting two police officers and a firefighter in a wooded Minneapolis-area neighborhood wasn't legally allowed to have guns and was entangled in a years-long dispute over...

Feb 19, 2024

Gaza Health Ministry says over 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said on M...

Sheldon Spackman Feb 19, 2024

Top UN court opens hearings into Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Six days of hearings opened on Monday at the top United Nations court into the legality of Israel's 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state. Foreign Af...

Feb 19, 2024

Suspect dead amid shooting that claimed the lives of 2 officers, 1 first responder, group says

BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) - A suspect has died in connection with a shooting in Minnesota that claimed the lives of two police officers and a first responder early Sunday, a police organization says. The...

Feb 18, 2024

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin is released on parole after serving 6 months in a hospital

BANGKOK (AP) - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole early Sunday from a Bangkok hospital where he spent six months serving time for corruption-related offenses. Thaksin...

Feb 17, 2024

Explosion at Virginia home kills 1 firefighter and hospitalizes 9 firefighters and 2 civilians

STERLING, Va. (AP) - One firefighter was killed and nine others were injured when an explosion in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday leveled a home where they were investigating a gas leak. Two civi...

Feb 16, 2024

Ukraine withdrawing from Avdiivka, where outnumbered defenders held out for 4 months

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Ukraine's military chief said early Saturday that he's withdrawing troops from Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, where they've battled a Russian assault for four months. In a short sta...

Feb 16, 2024

Japan has launched its flagship H3 rocket in aclosely-watched 2nd test after failed debut last year

TOKYO (AP) - A new Japanese flagship H3 rocket lifted off from a space station in southwestern Japan on Saturday in a key second test flight a year after its failed debut launch. The H3 rocket blasted...

Feb 16, 2024

Judge declares a mistrial in a former Ohio deputy’s murder trial

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A former Ohio sheriff's deputy charged in the killing of a Black man remained free Friday, after a jury couldn't agree on a verdict and the judge twice declared a mistrial, endin...

Feb 16, 2024