Category Archives: World

Hawaii doctor accused of trying to kill his wife convicted of attempted manslaughter
HONOLULU (AP) - A Hawaii anesthesiologist who was accused of trying to murder his wife on a scenic cliffside hike with ocean views last year has been convicted of the lesser charge of attempted mansla...
Apr 08, 2026
Police in the Bahamas arrest husband of US woman who vanished from boat
Police in the Bahamas said late Wednesday they have arrested the husband of a U.S. woman who was aboard a boat near the archipelago and vanished. Authorities said the 59-year-old man whom they did not...
Apr 08, 2026

Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97
SEATTLE (AP) - Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to reach the top of Mount Everest, has died. He was 97. Whittaker's 1963 ascent to the summit of Mount Everest came 10 years after S...
Apr 08, 2026

California Supreme Court orders sheriff to pause investigation and preserve seized ballots
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegation...
Apr 08, 2026

Rex Heuermann pleads guilty to murder charges and admits he killed 8 women in the Gilgo Beach case
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) - A Long Island architect who led a secret life as a serial killer pleaded guilty on Wednesday to murdering seven women and admitted he killed an eighth in a string of long-unsolv...
Apr 08, 2026

Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman tells AP he was 'blindsided' by his ouster
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Fired Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman told The Associated Press on Wednesday in his first interview since the ouster that he was "blindsided" by the move but has n...
Apr 08, 2026

At least 182 killed as Israel strikes central Beirut after saying Iran truce doesn't apply there
BEIRUT (AP) - Israeli strikes hit busy commercial and residential areas in central Beirut without warning on Wednesday, hours after a ceasefire was announced in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Lebanon...
Apr 08, 2026

Democratic-backed Chris Taylor wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race, growing liberal majority
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Democratic-backed candidate Chris Taylor won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday, growing the liberal majority on the court as cases affecting congressional redistr...
Apr 07, 2026

North Korea fires missiles toward sea after ridiculing South's hopes for better ties
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea Wednesday in its second launch event in two days, South Korea's military said, hours after a senior N...
Apr 07, 2026

Universities of Wisconsin board votes to fire system president after he refused to quit
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The board that runs the Universities of Wisconsin voted unanimously Tuesday to fire the system's president, drawing the ire of Republican lawmakers who called it a "partisan hatch...
Apr 07, 2026