Nation and World
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Pentagon moves to gut operations focused on reducing civilian harmMar 04, 2025 6:51 pm - The Defense Department is moving to dismantle efforts focused on reducing civilian harm in U.S. military operations, according to three defense officials, part of a Trump...
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Demonstrators across 50 states look to unify a disparate opposition to Trump and his sweeping agenda
Mar 04, 2025 6:38 pm - ATLANTA — As Donald Trump prepared Tuesday to address a joint session of Congress, protest groups gathered at parks, statehouses and other public grounds across the count...
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NASA’s two astronauts are finally closing in on their return to Earth after 9 months in space
Mar 04, 2025 6:21 pm - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA’s two stuck astronauts are just a few weeks away from finally returning to Earth after nine months in space. Butch Wilmore and Suni Willia...
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Pope stable with no new respiratory crises but will sleep with ventilation mask, Vatican says
Mar 04, 2025 6:18 pm - ROME — Pope Francis was in stable condition Tuesday and breathing with just the help of supplemental oxygen after respiratory crises a day earlier, but will resume using ...
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Supreme Court strikes down EPA rules on discharge of water pollution
Mar 04, 2025 3:57 pm - The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down rules regulating the discharge of water pollution, narrowing the landmark Clean Water Act in an unusual case that pitted one of t...
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After Trump threats, Hong Kong firm to sell stake in Panama Canal ports
Mar 04, 2025 3:56 pm - PANAMA CITY — A Hong Kong-based company announced Tuesday that it would sell its stake in two ports on the Panama Canal to a U.S.-led consortium, apparently responding to...
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Zelenskyy offers partial ceasefire with Russia to restart peace talks
Mar 04, 2025 3:56 pm - KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed a new framework for a partial ceasefire with Russia on Tuesday, posting on X that Kyiv would be willing to release...
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French prime minister again lashes out at US over Ukraine, says pause in aid is ‘unbearable’
Mar 04, 2025 3:56 pm - PARIS — France’s prime minister decried the U.S. pause on providing military aid to Ukraine as “unbearable” on Tuesday, describing it as tantamount to abandoning Ukrainia...
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Arab leaders endorse a counterproposal to Trump’s Gaza plan, with ceasefire uncertain
Mar 04, 2025 3:44 pm - CAIRO — Arab leaders on Tuesday endorsed Egypt's postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow its roughly 2 million Palestinians to remain, in a counterproposal to U....
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David Johansen, singer from the seminal punk band the New York Dolls, dies at 75
Mar 01, 2025 9:10 pm - NEW YORK — David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, ...