Category Archives: World/National
Iran fires on 3 ships in the Strait of Hormuz as US maintains blockade and diplomacy stalls
By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them on Wednesday, intensifying its assault on ...
Apr 22, 2026
US stocks rally to records, but Brent oil also tops $100 on worries about the Iran war
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market rallied to more records Wednesday after GE Vernova, Boston Scientific and other big companies joined the parade reporting fatter p...
Apr 22, 2026
Trump says the US will extend its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan's request
By MUNIR AHMED, JON GAMBRELL and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday the United States is extending its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan's request as he wa...
Apr 21, 2026
Stocks slip and oil prices rise on uncertainty about US-Iran ceasefire talks
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks and oil prices flip-flopped Tuesday as uncertainty rose about what will happen following a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran, which is...
Apr 21, 2026
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving Trump's Cabinet after abuse of power allegations
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump's Cabinet, the administration announced Monday, after a series of alleged abuse...
Apr 20, 2026
Louisiana community is struggling to understand after man killed 8 children
By SOPHIE BATES, LEKAN OYEKANMI and GERALD HERBERT Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A stunned Louisiana city struggled to come to grips Monday with the massacre of eight children carried out by...
Apr 20, 2026
Supreme Court will hear from religious preschools challenging exclusion from taxpayer-funded program
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear from Catholic preschools that say it's unconstitutional to exclude them from a state-funded program ...
Apr 20, 2026
At the close: oil prices rise and US stocks give back a bit of their record-breaking rally
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices climbed Monday following the latest rise of tensions between the United States and Iran, but the moves were more modest than they were earlie...
Apr 20, 2026
Eight children dead after a mass shooting in Louisiana, police say
By The Associated Press A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children between the ages of 1 and 14 in domestic-related shootings at two different homes in the nation's deadliest mass shooting in more th...
Apr 19, 2026
Man faces charges in connection with marijuana infused edibles
PITTSBORO, N.C. (WPTF) - A Siler City man now faces charges in connection with marijuana-infused edibles packaged to resemble well-known snack brands. An investigation by the Chatham County Sheriff's ...
Apr 17, 2026