NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police are investigating two detectives who worked security at an upscale Manhattan townhouse where a man says he was kidnapped and tortured for weeks by two crypto investors who wanted to steal his Bitcoin, a city official said Thursday. One of the detectives...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Trump administration is dropping plans to terminate leases for 34 offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws , the Department of Labor said Thursday. Earlier this year, the Department of Government...
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Mohammed Sinwar, believed to be the head of Hamas ' armed wing, has been killed, apparently confirming his death in a recent strike in the Gaza Strip. There was no confirmation from Hamas. Sinwar is the younger...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold off on striking Iran to give the U.S. administration more time to push for a new nuclear deal with Tehran. “I told him this would be inappropriate to do right now...
A 74-year-old pedophile and former surgeon was given a maximum 20-year prison sentence on Wednesday by a French court for the rape and sexual assault of hundreds of patients, mostly children, over more than two decades. Joël Le Scouarnec was sentenced after admitting molesting nearly 300 victims...
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — King Charles III arrives in Ottawa this week to underscore Canada 's sovereignty to U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump’s repeated suggestion that the U.S. annex its northern neighbor prompted Prime Minister Mark Carney to invite Charles to give the speech from...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Archbishop of Buenos Aires fiercely criticized Argentine President Javier Milei during a religious ceremony the leader attended Sunday, saying that under the government 's harsh policies “fraternity, tolerance and respect are dying." Milei, a libertarian and...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea authorities have detained four officials over the recent failed launch of a naval destroyer , an incident that leader Kim Jong Un said was caused by criminal negligence, state media said. The 5,000-ton-class destroyer was damaged Wednesday ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope formally took possession of the St. John Lateran Basilica, which is Rome 's cathedral and seat of the diocese, with an...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made plenty of enemies helping dismantle a powerful Catholic movement whose leaders physically, sexually, spiritually and psychologically abused members. As Leo 's past record of handling clergy sexual abuse cases comes under scrutiny, victims of...
BEIJING (AP) — Landslides in a rural area in China 's southwestern Guizhou province have killed at least four people with 17 others still missing in the debris, state media said. Two bodies were found in Changshi township on Thursday, and two others in nearby Qingyang village, where a...
When North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong took up an agency budget bill approved by the legislature, he vetoed a couple of line items. At least, that was his intention Monday. Instead, he accidentally vetoed $35 million for the state's housing budget. Now the state is figuring out how to deal...
