Nation and World
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One year on, Afghans at risk await evacuation, relocation
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - More than a year after the Taliban takeover that saw thousands of Afghans rushing to Kabul's international airport amid the chaotic U.S. withdraw...
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Alex Jones lawyer takes the Fifth during Sandy Hook hearing
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) - A lawyer for c onspiracy theorist Alex Jones invoked his right against self-incrimination Thursday during a civil court hearing in Connecticut ov...
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Abortion ruling prompts variety of reactions from states
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that had provided a constitutional right to abortion. The ruling was expected to lead to abor...
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Belgian cyclist Vanspringel, Mr. Bordeaux-Paris, dies at 79
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian cyclist Herman Vanspringel, who lost the 1968 Tour de France on the final day and became famously known as Monsieur Bordeaux-Paris for winning th...
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Uvalde school police chief fired for response to shooting
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - UVALDE, Texas (AP) - The Uvalde school district has fired police chief Pete Arredondo under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town to punish officers for hesitatin...
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UN rights chief hints report on Xinjiang may miss deadline
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The outgoing U.N. human rights chief suggested Thursday that her office may not make good on her promise to release its long-awaited report on China's Xinj...
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Pakistani court bars police from arresting ex-premier Khan
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - A Pakistani court on Thursday extended former Prime Minister Imran Khan's protection from arrest through the end of the month, officials said, after pol...
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Letter: School shooter fixated with guns, dreamed of killing
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Four years before Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 people at a Florida high school, therapists at another school wrote a letter to his psychiatrist ...
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German group: Animal hoarding cases hit 10-year high in 2021
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Cases of people hoarding cats, dogs and other living creatures in Germany reached a ten-year high in 2021, the country's Animal Protection Association said...
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Dangerous heat predicted to hit 3 times more often in future
Aug 25, 2022 7:00 am - What's considered officially 'œdangerous heat'ť in coming decades will likely hit much of the world at least three times more often as climate change worsens, according ...