Category Archives: World/National
Top US commander visits aircraft carrier, Gaza talks in Egypt and other Mideast news
The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East visited the long-deployed USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea during a regional tour that ended on Saturday, the U.S. Central Command said. A Hamas delega...
Aug 16, 2026
UPDATE: Police have arrested a 19-year-old in connection with Virginia State University shooting
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press Police arrested a 19-year-old found hiding in a dormitory closet at Virginia State University on Saturday in connection with an overnight shooting on campus that le...
Aug 15, 2026
Trump asks Supreme Court to let White House ballroom construction continue during appeal
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue const...
Aug 14, 2026
Judge moves Alex Murdaugh retrial from small county, but motion to toss out case will wait
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) - The judge in Alex Murdaugh's murder retrial decided Friday to move the case out of the rural South Carolina county where it consumed life for...
Aug 14, 2026
Trump says record-setting Navy deployment to support Iran operations 'not nearly long enough'
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed the toll that the record-setting uninterrupted time at sea is having on American ...
Aug 14, 2026
Documents show federal surveillance operation in Minnesota targeted progressive groups, unions
By TIM SULLIVAN and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Federal agents launched a sweeping undercover surveillance operation earlier this year targeting progressive organizatio...
Aug 14, 2026
Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty in federal case in UnitedHealthcare killing, AP source says
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty as early as Friday in the federal case accusing him of stalki...
Aug 13, 2026
Judge drops Nevada case against electors accused of forging certificate in 2020 election
By JESSICA HILL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) - The yearslong case against six Nevada Republicans who were accused of submitting a bogus certificate that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of ...
Aug 13, 2026
BEFORE THE BELL: US futures climb ahead of more inflation data, though major indexes are down for the week
By YURI KAGEYAMA and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers Futures are rising as U.S. markets struggle to end the week in positive territory ahead of the second day of new inflation data. Dow Jones Ind...
Aug 13, 2026
ICE's plan to give officers electric shock gloves draws outrage and fears of misuse
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press Immigration and Customs Enforcement's plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks faced criticism Wednesday from Democratic elected officials an...
Aug 13, 2026