Texas Executes Avowed Racist in Black Man’s Dragging Death
HUNTSVILLE, TX (AP) — An avowed racist who orchestrated one of the most gruesome hate crimes in U.S. history was executed Wednesday in Texas for the dragging death of a black man. John William King, who was white, received a lethal injection for the slaying nearly 21 years ago of James Byrd Jr., who was…
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North Korea’s Kim Arrives in Russia Before Summit With Putin
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia by train on Wednesday, a day before his much-anticipated summit with President Vladimir Putin that comes amid deadlocked diplomacy on his nuclear program. Kim, dressed in a black coat and a fedora, met with Russian officials at Russia's Khasan train station…
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Powerful Quake Hits Philippines, Day After Deadly Temblor
PORAC, Philippines (AP) — A new powerful earthquake hit the central Philippines on Tuesday, a day after 6.1 quake hit the country's north and killed at least 11 people. The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of Tuesday's quake at 6.3, while the local seismology agency said it was a 6.2. The quake was centered…
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Investigator: 7 Suicide Attackers Behind 6 Sri Lanka Blasts
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The coordinated Easter Sunday bombings that ripped through Sri Lankan churches and luxury hotels were carried out by seven suicide bombers, a government investigator said Monday. An analysis of the attackers' body parts made clear that they were suicide bombers, said Ariyananda Welianga, a forensic crime investigator. He said most…
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Paris: Yellow Vest Anger Mixes With Notre Dame Mourning
By ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French yellow vest protesters set small fires as they marched through Paris on Saturday to drive home their latest message to the government: that rebuilding the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral isn't the only problem the nation needs to solve. Police repeatedly fired tear gas on stone-throwing protesters…
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