Category Archives: World/National
US captures Venezuela's leader and his wife in a stunning operation and plans to prosecute them
By REGINA GARCIA CANO, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - The United States captured Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro and flew him out of the country in a ...
Jan 03, 2026
Minnesota must provide documents to US government in child care fraud probe by next week
By CHARLOTTE KRAMON Associated Press/Report for America Minnesota officials have until next week to provide the Trump administration with information about providers and parents who receive federal ch...
Jan 02, 2026
About 40 people dead and 115 injured in fire at Swiss Alpine bar during New Year's celebration
By JAMEY KEATEN, STEFANIE DAZIO and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) - About 40 people were killed and another 115 injured, most of them seriously, after a fire ripped t...
Jan 01, 2026
Cities around the world welcome 2026 with thunderous fireworks and heightened security
By ROD McGUIRK and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - From Sydney to Paris to New York City, crowds rang in the new year with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous fireworks or lig...
Dec 31, 2025
Chief Justice says Constitution remains 'firm and unshaken' with major Supreme Court rulings ahead
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the Constitution remains a sturdy pillar for the country, a message that comes after a tumultuou...
Dec 31, 2025
These bipartisan bills were noncontroversial -- until Trump vetoed them
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump issued the first vetoes of his second term on Tuesday, rejecting two low-profile bipartisan bills, a move...
Dec 31, 2025
From Pope Francis to Charlie Kirk, many deaths in 2025 had a wide impact
By BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led - for the first time - by an American pope. The fa...
Dec 30, 2025
ICE doesn't plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as judge's order banning it stands
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - U.S. immigration officials do not plan to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again as long as a judge's order banning it stands, according to a Tuesd...
Dec 30, 2025
Unleash the hounds! And terriers and lapdogs. The American Kennel Club adds 3 breeds
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - They're ready to embark on 2026. Three more dog breeds joined the American Kennel Club's roster of recognized breeds on Tuesday, making them eligible...
Dec 30, 2025
Court releases transcript from closed hearing for man accused of killing Charlie Kirk
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah judge on Monday ordered the release of a transcript from a closed-door hearing in October over whether the man charged with killing Charl...
Dec 29, 2025