Category Archives: World/National
Details emerge of a potential Iran deal as Trump says not to rush
By SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) - The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and see Iran give up its stoc...
May 24, 2026
Southern California chemical tank at risk of exploding as 40,000 residents are ordered to evacuate
By JOHN RABY and JOSH FUNK Associated Press Authorities are bracing for the possibility that a damaged chemical tank in Southern California could leak or explode as an evacuation order continued into ...
May 23, 2026
SUSPECT IDENTIFIED: Two people shot, one dead, in encounter with Secret Service near White House
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A person who approached a White House security checkpoint and began firing at officers has died, according to federal officials. The U.S...
May 23, 2026
Responding to the deadly Ebola Outbreak: Samaritan's Purse to establish emergency hospital in the Congo
GREENSBORO, N.C. (NCN News) - In response to the deadly Ebola outbreak, Boone based Samaritan's Purse is sending needed supplies to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Sunday (May 24). According t...
May 23, 2026
Trump's Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about Jan. 6 defendants
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Department of Justice is acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, calli...
May 23, 2026
Deadliest coal mine explosion in China in years kills at least 82 people, local officials say
BEIJING (AP) - A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern Shanxi province killed at least 82 people, local officials said Saturday, in what was the country's deadliest mining accident in recen...
May 23, 2026
Ugandans rue link to Bundibugyo, the Ebola virus type named after a district of cocoa farmers
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Boon-dee-BOO-joh. Before it became the somewhat easy-to-mispronounce name of a rare type of Ebola virus, Bundibugyo is a mountainous district in western Uganda that even some lo...
May 23, 2026
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence, citing her husband's health
By MEG KINNARD, WILL WEISSERT and DAVID KLEPPER WASHINGTON (AP) - Tulsi Gabbard resigned as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence on Friday, saying she needed to leave office as h...
May 22, 2026
Backlash to Trump's $1.8B settlement fund delays GOP immigration bill
By KEVIN FREKING, MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans abruptly left Washington on Thursday without voting on a roughly $70 billion bill to fund i...
May 21, 2026
Judge dismisses charges against ex-administrator accused after student shot teacher
By JOHN RABY Associated Press A judge on Thursday dismissed all charges against a former school administrator accused of ignoring repeated warnings that a 6-year-old had a gun hours before a teacher w...
May 21, 2026