World

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] ROME (AP) — Two Italian swimmers returning home from the world championships in Singapore were stopped and briefly detained by airport authorities on the Asian island for shoplifting. Benedetta Pilato, who won a bronze medal in the 50-meter breaststroke, and Chiara Tarantino were released after the Italian embassy […]

By ROB GILLIES Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that Canada will significantly reduce the number of new immigrants it allows into the country after acknowledging that his government failed to get the balance right coming out of the pandemic. Trudeau’s Liberal government was criticized […]

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — President Joe Biden said he will formally apologize on Friday for the country’s role in forcing Indigenous children for over 150 years into boarding schools where many were physically, emotionally and sexually abused, and more than 950 died. “I’m doing something I should have done a long time ago: To make […]

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] No. 20 Illinois (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) at No. 1 Oregon (7-0, 4-0) 3:30 p.m. ET Saturday (CBS). BetMGM College Football Odds: Oregon by 21 1/2. Series History: Oregon leads 2-1. What’s at stake? Oregon is ranked No. 1 in the current AP Top […]

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Oregon doesn’t care about its No. 1 ranking, but Illinois sure does. The No. 20 Fighting Illini visit the Ducks on Saturday at Autzen Stadium with a chance to knock off the top-ranked team in the country. Illinois coach Bret Bielema indicated the ranking is motivation for his […]

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Five elephants in a Colorado zoo could someday sue for their freedom, if the state’s Supreme Court sides with an animal rights group and declares them “persons” under the law. But first, the justices had a few questions about cats and […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe said Friday that he is calling Missouri lawmakers into a special session to redraw the state’s U.S. House districts as part of a growing national battle between Republicans and Democrats seeking an edge in next year’s congressional elections. Kehoe made the announcement just hours after Texas […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month she will not seek reelection, leaving another vacancy in an Iowa seat that could have ripple effects down the ballot as Democrats look to the state for pickup […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has revoked former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection that otherwise would have ended next summer, senior Trump administration officials said Friday. Former vice presidents typically get federal government protection for six months after leaving office, while ex-presidents do so for life. But then-President Joe Biden quietly signed […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast with catastrophic storm surge and flooding, New Orleans marked the storm’s anniversary Friday with solemn memorials, uplifting music and a parade that honored the dead, the displaced and the determined survivors who endured and rebuilt. Dignitaries and longtime residents gathered under […]