Nation and World
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EXPLAINER: Tension between Nicaragua and the Catholic Church
Aug 14, 2022 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Earlier this month Nicaragua shuttered seven radio stations belonging to the Catholic Church and launched an investigation into the bishop of Matagalp...
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Iraqi judiciary says it has no powers to dissolve parliament
Aug 14, 2022 7:00 am - BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's top judicial body said Sunday it doesn't have the authority to dissolve the country's parliament, days after an influential Shiite cleric gave it o...
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Salman Rushdie 'on the road to recovery,' agent says
Aug 14, 2022 7:00 am - MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - Salman Rushdie is 'œon the road to recovery,'ť his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of 'œThe Satanic Verses'ť suffered serious inj...
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Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes
Aug 14, 2022 7:00 am - Facing prison time and dire personal consequences for storming the U.S. Capitol, some Jan. 6 defendants are trying to profit from their participation in the deadly riot,...
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School shooter's brain exams to be subject of court hearing
Aug 14, 2022 7:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A defense mental health expert in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz can pinpoint when he realized the 23-year-old mas...
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Ex-employee shut down PD website over pay dispute, city says
Aug 14, 2022 7:00 am - NEWTON, Mass. (AP) - Officials in a Boston suburb are investigating a former city employee they say shut down the police website during a pay dispute. Newton Mayor Rutha...
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Despite public anger, no progress in Iraq political deadlock
Aug 14, 2022 7:00 am - BAGHDAD (AP) - Weeks after followers of an influential cleric stormed parliament, Iraq's political crisis shows no signs of abating, despite rising public anger over a d...
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Top lawyers hired by those linked to Georgia election probe
Aug 14, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - In the state investigation spurred by then-President Donald Trump's call to Georgia's top election official, people who have been called to testify - or w...
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Libya officials: 15 migrants found dead on border with Sudan
Aug 13, 2022 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - Libyan authorities said Saturday they found at least 15 migrants dead in the desert on the borders with Sudan, the latest tragedy involving migrants seeking...
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Shippers prepare for worst as Rhine levels near critical low
Aug 13, 2022 7:00 am - Shipping companies prepared to halt the transport of goods on the Rhine as water levels in Germany's biggest river neared a critically low point Saturday. ...