Category Archives: World/National
Indonesia's panda cub Rio thriving 40 days after birth
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press CISARUA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia's conservation park on Tuesday released a video showing the progress of a giant panda cub, 40 days after his birth in the country. ...
Jan 06, 2026
NASCAR commissioner Steve Phelps resigns after inflammatory texts revealed in trial
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The fallout from NASCAR's federal antitrust trial continued into the new year as NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps on Tuesday announced his r...
Jan 06, 2026
US drops the number of vaccines it recommends for every child
By ALI SWENSON and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child - cutting protection...
Jan 05, 2026
Rubio says US won't govern Venezuela but will press for changes through oil blockade
By REGINA GARCIA CANO, MATTHEW LEE, WILL WEISSERT and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela d...
Jan 04, 2026
Maduro arrives in US after stunning capture in operation that Trump says will let US 'run' Venezuela
By REGINA GARCIA CANO, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicols Maduro arrived in the United States to face criminal charges after...
Jan 04, 2026
Iran's leader says rioters 'must be put in their place' as protest death toll reaches at least 15
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's supreme leader insisted Saturday that "rioters must be put in their place" after a week of protests that have shaken the Isla...
Jan 04, 2026
Investigation is opened into managers of Swiss bar where fire killed 40
By JOHN LEICESTER and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) - Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the managers of the bar where a fire at a New Year's p...
Jan 03, 2026
How the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro
By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - For months, the U.S. military had been amassing a presence off Venezuela's coast and conspicuously blowing up alleged drug traff...
Jan 03, 2026
Man fought off a mountain lion weeks before a suspected fatal Colorado attack
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press A solo hiker who authorities believe was killed by a mountain lion on a remote Colorado trail on New Year's Day was not the first person to encounter one of the preda...
Jan 03, 2026
After ousting Maduro in Venezuela, Trump commits himself to another foreign policy project
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump declared Saturday's military operation that led to the ouster of Nicols Maduro a major success as he offered a vague plan for...
Jan 03, 2026