Category Archives: World/National
Drone strike sparks fire on the edge of the UAE's nuclear power plant in latest blow to Iran truce
By JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A drone strike targeted the United Arab Emirates' sole nuclear power plant on Sunday, sparking a fire on its perimete...
May 17, 2026
USS Ford returns home after 11-month deployment supporting the Iran war and Maduro's capture
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War, that saw it suppo...
May 16, 2026
Putin to visit Chinese leader Xi Jinping days after Trump's trip to Beijing
By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said Saturday. The announcement comes less than 24...
May 16, 2026
Trump's description of Taiwan as a 'good negotiating chip' with China raises anxieties
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press Recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that arms sales to Taiwan are a "very good negotiating chip" in the United States' dealings with China are heighteni...
May 16, 2026
Colorado governor commutes sentence of former elections clerk Tina Peters after Trump pressure
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) - Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from Pre...
May 15, 2026
Trump insists US-China relations are in a good place despite differences as he wraps up Beijing trip
By AAMER MADHANI and WILL WEISSERT BEIJING (AP) - As President Donald Trump wraps up his whirlwind visit to China on Friday, he's insistent that relations between the world's two biggest powers are go...
May 14, 2026
Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out
By MARK SHERMAN, GEOFF MULVIHILL and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday preserved women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rej...
May 14, 2026
Prosecutors to retry Alex Murdaugh in deaths of wife and son after high court overturned convictions
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Prosecutors said they plan to retry disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh on murder charges in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son after ...
May 13, 2026
Ship operator and employee are charged in crash that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore bridge
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ED WHITE BALTIMORE (AP) - Federal prosecutors announced criminal charges Tuesday in the 2024 collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing a Singapore-based ship ...
May 12, 2026
Hegseth is facing a new round of questioning from Congress on the Iran war and more
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face a new round of questioning from lawmakers over the Iran war Tuesday, including some Republicans who have expre...
May 12, 2026