World News

50 years later, Tommy John surgery remains a game-changer

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — There is a bridge that runs from Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe in 1974, all the way to Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander and Bryce Harper. A thread that connects an increasing number of baseball's biggest stars.

Mar 13, 2024 11:11 AM Read more >

Judge dismisses some charges against Trump in the Georgia 2020 election interference case

ATLANTA (AP) — The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and others, but many counts in the sweeping racketeering indictment remain intact.

Mar 13, 2024 7:57 AM Read more >

Putin warns again that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty is threatened

President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened, issuing another blunt warning to the West just days ahead of an election in which he’s all but certain to secure ano

Mar 13, 2024 5:28 AM Read more >

An explosion in a building outside Beijing kills 2 people and injures 26

BEIJING (AP) — An explosion caused by a suspected gas leak ripped through a building in northern China on Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 26 others, authorities said.

Mar 13, 2024 3:16 AM Read more >

Congressional hearing on the Biden classified documents probe turns into a proxy campaign battle

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers turned a Tuesday hearing on President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents into a proxy battle between the Democratic president and Republican front-runner Donald Trump, as a newly released transcript of Biden’s te

Mar 12, 2024 10:00 PM Read more >

Biden and Trump clinch nominations, setting the stage for a grueling general election rematch

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties' presidential nominations Tuesday with decisive victories in a slate of low-profile primaries, setting up a general election rematch that many voters do no

Mar 12, 2024 9:22 PM Read more >

Trump wins delegates needed to become GOP’s presumptive nominee for third straight election

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump , whose single turbulent term in the White House transformed the Republican Party, tested the resilience of democratic institutions in the U.S.

Mar 12, 2024 9:05 PM Read more >

Dallas Seavey wins 6th Iditarod championship, most ever in the world’s most famous sled dog race

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Dallas Seavey's path to an Iditarod championship was like none he's faced before, including killing a moose and overcoming a time penalty that had him in 10th place at one point to win a record-breaking sixth championship in

Mar 12, 2024 8:30 PM Read more >

Mississippi Republican Sen. Wicker advances to general election. State also holds 4 House primaries

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippians voted in party primaries Tuesday for all four of the state's U.S. House seats and one U.S. Senate seat. The general election is Nov. 5. Here's a look at the races and candidates: SENATE Sen.

Mar 12, 2024 8:28 PM Read more >

President Joe Biden has won enough delegates to clinch the 2024 Democratic nomination

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden, who took office aiming to steady a nation convulsed by the coronavirus pandemic and the Jan.

Mar 12, 2024 4:43 PM Read more >