Category Archives: World/National
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
Prosecutors seek 50-year sentence for nonprofit leader at center of sprawling Minnesota fraud case
By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted for her role at the center of a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite a...
May 21, 2026
US announces criminal case against former Cuban President Raúl Castro
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Ral Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian pl...
May 20, 2026
Durham Police identify shooting victim
DURHAM N.C. (WPTF) - Durham police are continuing to investigate an early morning shooting (May 20) and have now identified the victim. Just before 2 am. Durham Police responded to a shooting in the 2...
May 20, 2026
Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' fund
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of Trump supporters sued on Wednesday to block anyone - including...
May 20, 2026
Where Trump falters with Republicans - and where he holds steady, according to a new AP-NORC poll
By LINLEY SANDERS and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans are unhappier with President Donald Trump's handling of the economy than they were a few months ago, but the...
May 20, 2026
Trump administration prepares to seek Raúl Castro indictment as it pressures Cuba, AP sources say
By JOSHUA GOODMAN, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) - The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment against former Cuban President Ral Castro, three people ...
May 19, 2026