COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has set a Sept. 20 date to put inmate Freddie Eugene Owens to death in what would be the state's first execution in more than 13 years. This undated photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Corrections shows Freddie Eugene Ownes. South Carolina was...
SOLINGEN, Germany (AP) — An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late on Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said. Police and ambulances near the scene where people were killed and injured in an attack at a festival in...
PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for the White House and endorsed Donald Trump on Friday, a late-stage shakeup of the race that could give the former president a modest boost from Kennedy’s supporters. Republican presidential nominee former President...
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The largest diamond found in more than a century has been unearthed at a mine in Botswana, and the country's president showed off the fist-sized stone to the world at a viewing ceremony Thursday. A person holds a 2,492-carat diamond which was found in the country and on...
GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Lava continued to spew from a volcano in southwestern Iceland on Friday — the sixth time since December the volcano has erupted on the Reykjanes Peninsula. The eruption from a new fissure began shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday following a series of strong earthquakes and...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his role “as a friend” to bring peace to Ukraine in a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, during a brief visit that many in Ukraine hope will pave the way for an Indian role in peace mediation. This...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military says it used high-precision glide bombs provided by the United States to carry out strikes in Russia’s Kursk region while also claiming to have recaptured some territory in the eastern region of Kharkiv, where Russia launched an offensive in the spring....
Successive Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza , including 12 just in August, have displaced 90% of its 2.1 million residents since the Israel-Hamas war began in October, the top U.N. humanitarian official for the Palestinian territory says. Gunmen fire their weapons during the funeral of three...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A truckload of methamphetamine disguised as a shipment of watermelons was seized at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in San Diego, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. A fake watermelon, used to disguised a shipment of methamphetamines, is shown after a bust by U.S. Customs...
CHICAGO (AP) — If you think you're seeing a lot of women wearing white during the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, you don't need to adjust your television set. People wear white during the Pleadge of Alliegence during the Democratic National Convention Thursday, Aug....
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his first visit Thursday to the border area where his forces launched their surprise offensive into Russia, saying that Kyiv's military had taken control of another Russian village and captured more prisoners of war. In this photo...
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. (AP) — On a dirt road below the shrub-dotted hills of Arizona, Donald Trump used a stretch of wall and a pile of steel beams to draw a visual contrast between his approach to securing the border and that of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Republican...
