Category Archives: World

Trump wins South Carolina, beating Haley in her home state and further closing in on GOP nomination
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Donald Trump won South Carolina's Republican primary on Saturday, beating former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in her home state and further consolidating his path to a third str...
Feb 24, 2024

A majority of South Carolina Republicans oppose continued Ukraine aid, AP VoteCast shows
Washington (AP) - Many voters in South Carolina's Republicanprimary on Saturday want a United States that is less willing to openly challengeRussia - a sign of how the Cold War-era GOP establishment h...
Feb 24, 2024

The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed over to his mother, aide says
The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed over to his mother, an aide to Navalny said Saturday. Ivan Zhdanov, the director of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, made the ...
Feb 24, 2024

European leader arrives in Kyiv as Ukraine marks 2 years since Russia's full-scale invasion
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was in Kyiv Saturday to mark the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. She arrived shortly...
Feb 24, 2024

Man guilty in Black transgender woman's killing in 1st federal hate crime trial over gender identity
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation's first federal trial over an alleged hate crime based on gender identity. Jurors ...
Feb 23, 2024

US appeals court panel declines to delay execution of one of longest-serving death-row inmates
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A U.S. appeals court panel on Friday declined to delay Idaho's scheduled execution next week of one of the nation's longest-serving death row inmates. Thomas Creech was sentenced t...
Feb 23, 2024

National Rifle Association and Wayne LaPierre are found liable in lawsuit over lavish spending
NEW YORK (AP) - The National Rifle Association and its former longtime leader were found liable Friday in a lawsuit centered on the organization's lavish spending. The New York jury found that Wayne L...
Feb 23, 2024

Police take a suspect into custody after killing of nursing student at University of Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Police say they've taken a suspect into custody in after the killing of a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. University of Georgia P...
Feb 23, 2024

Trump says he 'strongly supports' IVF and calls on Alabama lawmakers to protect access
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he would "strongly support the availability of IVF" and called on lawmakers in Alabama to preserve access to the procedure. It was ...
Feb 23, 2024

A judge convicts former Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz of making false statements
VIENNA (AP) - Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was convicted Friday of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government. He was given an eigh...
Feb 23, 2024