Nation and World
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Pakistan's Imran Khan will be imprisoned for 2 more weeks despite getting bail
Aug 30, 2023 1:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan will remain in a high-security prison for at least another two weeks despite being granted bail the previous...
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Mutinous soldiers in Gabon say they've ousted president whose family has ruled for 55 years
Aug 30, 2023 1:00 am - LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) - Mutinous soldiers claimed to have seized power in Gabon on Wednesday and put the president under house arrest, hours after he was declared the w...
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Hurricane Idalia hits Florida with 125 mph winds, flooding streets, snapping trees, cutting power
Aug 30, 2023 1:00 am - PERRY, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Idalia tore into Florida at the speed of a fast-moving train Wednesday, splitting trees in half, ripping roofs off hotels and turning small ...
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Millions more workers would be entitled to overtime pay under a proposed Biden administration rule
Aug 30, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Biden administration will propose a new rule Wednesday that would make 3.6 million more U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay, reviving an Obama-era...
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Bavarian governor orders his deputy to fully explain himself to clear allegations of antisemitism
Aug 29, 2023 1:00 am - BERLIN - The governor of the German state of Bavaria said Tuesday that his deputy had not done enough to prove he wasn't responsible for an antisemitic flyer as a high s...
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A memorial service has been held for Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, his spokespeople say
Aug 29, 2023 1:00 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - A private funeral has been held for Yevgeny Prigozhin, ending his tumultuous journey from St. Petersburg street thug to Kremlin-financed mercena...
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More than 60 people detained after a gay wedding in southern Nigeria
Aug 29, 2023 1:00 am - ABUJA, Nigeria - Police in Nigeria said Tuesday they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding in one of the largest mass detentions targeting homosexuality,...
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Graduate student charged with murder in killing of University of North Carolina faculty member
Aug 29, 2023 1:00 am - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Police charged a University of North Carolina graduate student Tuesday with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a faculty member that caused...
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Pakistani court suspends the corruption conviction and sentence of former Prime Minister Imran Khan
Aug 29, 2023 1:00 am - ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani appeals court on Tuesday suspended the corruption conviction and three-year prison term of Imran Khan in a legal victory for the hugely popular b...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces Black leaders' anger after racist killings in Jacksonville
Aug 29, 2023 1:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Ron DeSantis scoffed when the NAACP issued a travel advisory this spring warning Black people to use "extreme care" if traveling to Florida. The lead...