Category Archives: World/National
Before recent attack, Michigan synagogue had been bolstering its security
By ED WHITE AND ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press The Michigan synagogue that came under attack this week when an armed man drove his car into the building had for months been strengthening its secur...
Mar 14, 2026
US bombs military sites on Iranian island as Trump threatens its oil infrastructure
By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and MIKE CORDER Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - President Donald Trump said the U.S. destroyed military sites on an island vital t...
Mar 14, 2026
US stocks lose ground as war with Iran keeps pressure on oil prices
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Wall Street's losses deepened Friday as the ongoing fallout from the war in Iran keeps pushing oil prices higher, ratcheting up inflationary pressure on the global eco...
Mar 13, 2026
Iran's supreme leader resolves to keep fighting in his first public remarks
By JON GAMBRELL, GHAYA BEN MBAREK, SARAH EL DEEB and JULIE WATSON Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's secretive new leader issued his first public statements Thursday, resolving...
Mar 12, 2026
US military refueling plane crashes in Iraq and rescue is underway
By BEN FINLEY and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An American military refueling plane taking part in the operation against Iran crashed in Iraq and rescue efforts were underway,...
Mar 12, 2026
Oil jumps to $100 per barrel and stocks sink worldwide with no clear end in sight for the Iran war
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) - Worries about the war with Iran sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel and stocks sinking worldwide. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% Th...
Mar 12, 2026
Armed man rammed vehicle into Michigan synagogue and was fatally shot by security
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) - A man armed with a rifle rammed a vehicle into the nation's largest Reform synagogue, in a Detroit suburb, and was fatally shot by security, The Associated Press has lear...
Mar 12, 2026
Shooter dead, two hurt at Old Dominion University
NORFOLK, VA. (AP) -- A gunman is dead and two people are hurt after a shooting at Old Dominion University on Thursday morning, the Virginia school said. ODU said a gunman opened fire in its business s...
Mar 12, 2026
Iran's supreme leader says closure of Strait of Hormuz should be used as leverage
By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and NATALIE MELZER Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said Thursday that the leverage of closing the Str...
Mar 12, 2026
Video appears to show New York City bomb suspect buying fuse at a fireworks store
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Newly released surveillance video appears to show a man buying a fuse at a fireworks store days before authorities say he and a...
Mar 11, 2026