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Police: Former prison guard trainee kills 5 in Florida bank

Thursday, 24 January 2019, 08:07 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

 A former prison guard trainee who recently moved to Florida from Indiana killed five people during a standoff at a small town bank before surrendering to a SWAT team that stormed the...

Woman in vegetative state gives birth: Nurse charged with rape

Thursday, 24 January 2019, 07:54 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A nurse who was supposed to be looking after an incapacitated woman at a long-term health care facility was charged Wednesday with raping her, weeks after she stunned her caregivers and family...

Pope Francis says fear of migration makes people crazy

Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 13:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis said Wednesday that fear of migration is "making us crazy" as he began a trip to central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump's promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and...

AP Explains: Brexit awakens old fears in Northern Ireland

Wednesday, 23 January 2019, 10:34 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Northern Ireland's wounds are deep: Bloody Sunday, Enniskillen, Belfast's sectarian killings of Catholics and Protestants by paramilitaries on both sides and British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary...

'Roma,' 'The Favourite' lead Oscar nominations with 10 nods

Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 15:12 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Alfonso Cuaron's "Roma" and Yorgos Lanthimos' "The Favourite" led all films with 10 nominations each to the 91st Academy Awards, while Netflix and Marvel each scored their first best picture...

UK leader unveils Brexit Plan B, looks a lot like Plan A

Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 10:07 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled her Brexit Plan B on Monday — and it looks a lot like Plan A. May launched a mission to resuscitate her rejected European Union divorce deal,...

Boat with migrants rescued off Libya looks for port to dock

Monday, 21 January 2019, 13:37 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A private rescue boat carrying dozens of migrants said Sunday that for a second day several nations had not given permission for it to enter a safe port, while another vessel filled with panicky...

Few signs of breakthrough as May set to unveil Brexit Plan B

Monday, 21 January 2019, 11:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Prime Minister Theresa May is set to unveil her new plan to break Britain's Brexit deadlock — and it's expected to look a lot like the old plan decisively rejected by Parliament last...

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