Category Archives: World
Man is executed in Florida for the killing of a 6-year-old girl abducted from her bedroom
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - A man convicted of the 1979 killing a 6-year-old girl who was abducted from her bedroom was put to death Thursday evening in a record 16th execution in Florida this year. Bryan Fre...
Nov 13, 2025
Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) - Texas A&M University System regents adopted a new policy on Thursday requiring professors to receive approval from the school's president to discuss some race and gen...
Nov 13, 2025
BBC apologizes to Trump over its misleading edit, but says there's no basis for a defamation claim
LONDON (AP) - The BBC apologized Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump over a misleading edit of his speech on Jan. 6, 2021 but said it had not defamed him, rejecting the basis for his $1 billion la...
Nov 13, 2025
Trump's next immigration crackdown will target Charlotte, North Carolina, a sheriff says
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The latest city bracing for the Trump administration's immigration crackdown is Charlotte, North Carolina, which could see an influx of federal agents as early as this weekend, ...
Nov 13, 2025
Cleveland pitcher Emmanuel Clase arrested at NY airport in connection with alleged gambling scheme
NEW YORK (AP) - Cleveland Guardians star pitcher Emmanuel Clase was arrested Thursday at John F. Kennedy Airport on charges accusing him of taking bribes to help gamblers win bets on his pitches. Clas...
Nov 13, 2025
Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Justice Department on Thursday sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters last week, joining a court battle that could help determine whic...
Nov 13, 2025
Israel says militants in Gaza have handed over to the Red Cross a body believed to be a hostage
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's army said Thursday that militants in Gaza have handed over to the Red Cross a body believed to be a hostage. Since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on Oct. 10, th...
Nov 13, 2025
Oklahoma governor spares the life of death row inmate just before scheduled lethal injection
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has spared the life of a death row inmate just before he was set to receive a lethal injection on Thursday, commuting the man's sentence to life in pr...
Nov 13, 2025
The body of a coal miner has been found in a flooded West Virginia mine, the governor says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - The body of a coal miner was found early Thursday in a mine that flooded in southern West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said. Machines had been pumping water out of Alpha Me...
Nov 13, 2025
Hundreds evacuated and dozens hospitalized after an ammonia gas leak in Oklahoma
WEATHERFORD, Okla. (AP) - Hundreds of people were evacuated from a city in Oklahoma and others were told to shelter in place after a tanker truck that was leaking in a hotel parking lot spewed a plume...
Nov 13, 2025