Category Archives: World/National
AP VoteCast: Voter anxiety over the economy and a desire for change return Trump to the White House
By JOSH BOAK and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A disaffected electorate wanted former President Donald Trump to return to the White House, a blatant rejection of Vice President Kam...
Nov 06, 2024
The first car made during Soviet-era in Poland goes on display 73 years later
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI Associated Press OTREBUSY, Poland (AP) - The very first car produced in Soviet-era Poland after World War II went on display Friday near Warsaw after it was ...
Nov 06, 2024
Republicans take Senate majority and eye unified power with Trump
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have taken control of the U.S. Senate and are fighting to keep their majority in the U.S. House, which would prod...
Nov 06, 2024
Trump wins the White House in political comeback rooted in appeals to frustrated voters
By ZEKE MILLER, MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a fo...
Nov 06, 2024
Spain flood survivors hurl mud at the royals and top government officials
By DAVID MELERO and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) - A crowd of enraged survivors hurled clots of the mud left by storm-spawned flooding at the Spanish royal couple on Sunday duri...
Nov 03, 2024
Crashing waves in a hilltop village, a night of terror from Spain's floods
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press CHIVA, Spain (AP) - Irene Cuevas will never forget the sound of the waves crashing below her apartment's balcony. If only there had been a flash of lightning in the d...
Nov 03, 2024
'It is all in ruins.' The shattered lives of Paiporta at the epicenter of Spain's floods
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press PAIPORTA, Spain (AP) - The pictures of the smiling toddlers on the wall somehow survived. Most everything else in the daycare - the cradles, the highchairs, the toys ...
Nov 02, 2024
Daylight saving time ends Sunday. Time to 'fall back' an hour
By The Associated Press The good news: You will get a glorious extra hour of sleep. The bad: It'll be dark as a pocket by late afternoon for the next few months in the U.S. Daylight saving time ends a...
Nov 01, 2024
Top House Republicans seeking documents regarding Biden's 'garbage' comment
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top House Republicans called on the White House to produce all documents and internal communications regarding President Joe Biden's statement earlier this week in which he appeared ...
Nov 01, 2024
Stock market today: Amazon leads Wall Street higher
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon led U.S. stock indexes higher on Friday, while a surprisingly weak jobs report marred by some unusual occurrences cemented bets on Wall Street fo...
Nov 01, 2024