Category Archives: World/National
Leaders keep a wary eye on Belarus for signs it might offer Russia help in Ukraine
By HANNA ARHIROVA and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Belarus' exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya visited Kyiv on Monday as the Ukrainian capital cleaned up after R...
May 25, 2026
Crisis Averted: Risk of a catastrophic explosion has been eliminated at chemical tank in California, authorities say
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press The risk of a catastrophic explosion at a damaged chemical tank in Southern California has been eliminated following a close overnight inspection ...
May 25, 2026
Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimizing slavery
By NICOLE WINFIELD and PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See's role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to con...
May 25, 2026
The origins of Memorial Day and how it has evolved
By The Associated Press Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that is officially about mourning the nation's fallen service members, but it has come to signal the unofficial start of summer and a long weeken...
May 25, 2026
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