Nation and World
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More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage
Jun 12, 2024 7:35 am - MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage ...
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French President Macron urges moderate politicians to regroup to defeat the far right in elections
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Russia fires more missiles and drones at Ukraine ahead of diplomatic efforts to stop the war
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Supreme Court has a lot of work to do and little time to do it with a sizable case backlog
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Federal Reserve sees some progress on inflation but envisions just one rate cut this year
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U.N. says Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups may have committed war crimes in a deadly raid
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Retailers are finally cutting prices. Will it last?
Jun 11, 2024 11:31 am - Consumers have been waiting for lower prices for what seems like forever. And now costs are finally going down. (Some of them, at least.) After a yearslong run up in pric...
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Biden and gun control advocates want to flip an issue long dominated by the NRA
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The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 95
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Blinken welcomes U.N. vote in favor of Gaza cease-fire plan and again calls on Hamas to accept it