Wisconsin school shooting: Teacher, student killed

Associated Press 12/17/2024

MADISON, Wis. — A teenage student opened fire Monday at a private Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and another teen during the final week before Christmas break. The shooter also died, police said. The shooter…

Popeye and Tintin enter public domain in 2025

Associated Press 12/17/2024

Popeye can punch without permission and Tintin can roam freely starting in 2025. The two classic comic characters who first appeared in 1929 are among the intellectual properties becoming public domain in the United States on Jan.…

South Korean leaders seek calm after Yoon is impeached

Associated Press 12/16/2024

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s opposition leader offered Sunday to work with the government to ease the political tumult as officials sought to reassure allies and markets, a day after the opposition-controlled parliament voted to impeach…

French territory of Mayotte: Cyclone may have left hundreds dead

Agence France Presse 12/16/2024

SAINT DENNIS DE LA REUNION, France — A senior official said Sunday that the death toll from cyclone Chido’s passage across Mayotte would be in the hundreds, perhaps even thousands, as France rushed in rescue workers and…

Alleged Chinese spy, with business ties to Prince Andrew, barred from UK

Associated Press 12/15/2024

LONDON (AP) — A suspected Chinese spy with business ties to Prince Andrew has been barred from the U.K. because of concerns he poses a threat to national security. A British immigration tribunal upheld the decision on…

Mystery drone sightings keep happening in New Jersey

Associated Press 12/15/2024

A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over parts of New Jersey and the East Coast in recent weeks, sparking speculation and concern over who sent them and why. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wrote to President…

Luige Mangione a ‘hero’? A glimpse into an unusual American moment

Associated Press 12/15/2024

Luigi Mangione: Is he a hero? A killer? Both? About the same time the #FreeLuigi memes featuring the mustachioed plumber from “Super Mario Brothers” mushroomed online this week, commenters shared memes showing Tony Soprano pronouncing Luigi Mangione, the…

Schoolgirl fatally stabbed in southwest Japan

Agence France Presse 12/15/2024

A junior high school student was stabbed to death and another wounded Saturday night by an unknown assailant at a McDonald’s restaurant in southwestern Japan, local media reported.The students were rushed to hospital after the stabbing at…

Founder of Spain’s Mango clothing chain dies in accident

Agence France Presse 12/15/2024

Isak Andic, the founder of Spanish clothing retailer Mango, one of Europe’s largest fashion groups, with nearly 2,800 stores worldwide, died Saturday in an accident, the company said. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was among the first…

Biden grants clemency to nearly 1,500 people, most ever in a day

Agence France Presse 12/13/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US…

‘Alarming’ US mystery drones: Officials confounded, locals scared

Agence France Presse 12/13/2024

EDGEWATER, United States — A rash of unexplained drone sightings in the skies above New Jersey has left locals rattled and sent US officials scrambling for answers. Breathless local news reports have amplified the anxious sky-gazing and…

Time Magazine names Donald Trump person of the year for 2nd time

Agence France Presse 12/13/2024

NEW YORK, United States — Time Magazine on Thursday named US President-elect Donald Trump its “person of the year,” marking the second time he has won the accolade, in acknowledgement of the mogul’s stunning political comeback. Trump,…

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