FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former babysitter pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday for the 2019 death of a man she was accused of disabling as an infant 40 years ago and was sentenced to three years in prison, finally admitting that she hit him numerous times. Terry McKirchy, who pleaded...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreigners from Asia who use the country as a launching point to migrate to the United States and Canada, the justice ministry’s press office said Wednesday. FILE - The Integration border bridge connects Assis,...
MOSCOW (AP) — Moscow came under one of the largest attacks by Ukrainian drones since the start of fighting in 2022, Russian authorities reported Wednesday, saying they destroyed all of those headed toward the country's capital. Ukrainian serviceman of 148th separate artillery brigade of the Air...
PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily found the bodies of five passengers Wednesday, leaving one still missing as questions intensified about why the vessel sank so quickly when a nearby sailboat remained largely unscathed. Scuba divers of the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R, Front) inspects Israeli troops in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on July 18, 2024. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Handout via Xinhua) JERUSALEM (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told hostage families on Tuesday that he is...
A soldier of Ukraine's 141st separate infantry brigade rides in a pickup truck at the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities struggled Tuesday to put out a massive fire in the southern Rostov region...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken steps out of a vehicle as he departs for Egypt, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Kevin Mohatt/Pool Photo via AP) JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that...
Indians protesting against the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata, hold placards in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Tuesday set up a national task force of doctors who will make...
President Joe Biden waves to the crowd during the Democratic National Convention, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (Mike Segar/Pool Photo via AP) CHICAGO (AP) — President Joe Biden delivered his valedictory address to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, saying, “I gave my best...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Monday's supermoon is the first of four this year. During a supermoon, the full moon inches a little closer than usual to Earth. A supermoon isn’t bigger, but it can appear that way in the night sky, although scientists say the difference can be barely perceptible....
Academic workers protest at the University of California (UC), Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California, the United States, on May 28, 2024. (Photo by Zeng Hui/Xinhua) LOS ANGELES (Xinhua) -- The president of the University of California (UC) announced on Monday that the top public university...
SYDNEY (Xinhua) -- Authorities in Sydney said on Tuesday they have detected cancer-linked "forever chemicals" in several of Sydney's drinking water catchments for the first time. Sydney Water confirmed that testing conducted in June and July detected per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...
