Nation and World
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Afghans still hope to find survivors from quake that killed over 2,000 in western Herat province
Oct 09, 2023 11:00 pm - ZINDA JAN, Afghanistan — Clinging to hope that finding survivors was still possible, Afghan rescuers and villagers kept digging through rubble in western Herat province ...
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Biden interviewed as part of special counsel investigation into handling of classified documents
Oct 09, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has been interviewed as part of an independent investigation into his handling of classified documents, the White House said late Monday...
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IMF outlook worsens for a 'limping' world economy. Mideast war poses new uncertainty
Oct 09, 2023 11:00 pm - The world economy has lost momentum from the impact of higher interest rates, the invasion of Ukraine and widening geopolitical rifts, and it now faces new uncertainty f...
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Trial document: Trump acknowledged penthouse size at 11,000 square feet, not 30,000 he later claimed
Oct 09, 2023 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Donald Trump signed a document 30 years ago that gave the true size of his New York penthouse that was later listed as far larger on his financial statements,...
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Israel pounds Gaza neighborhoods, as people scramble for safety in sealed-off territory
Oct 09, 2023 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM — Israeli warplanes hammered the Gaza Strip neighborhood by neighborhood on Tuesday, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety ...
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Biden confirms Americans among hostages captured in Israel, condemns 'sheer evil' of Hamas militants
Oct 09, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday confirmed that U.S. citizens are among the hostages captured by Hamas in this weekend's attack on Israel and he condemned the...
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Biden's hopes for establishing Israel-Saudi relations could become a casualty of the new Mideast war
Oct 09, 2023 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Less than three weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat beside President Joe Biden and marveled that a “historic peace between Israel ...
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Auto workers begin strike at GM plants in Canada, as talks continue
Oct 09, 2023 11:00 pm - TORONTO — Auto workers walked off the job at three General Motors facilities in Canada early Tuesday after failing to reach agreement with the automaker. Their union, Un...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will run for president as an independent and drop his Democratic primary bid
Oct 08, 2023 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA — Longtime environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he'll run for president as an independent and drop his Democrati...
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Workers at Mack Trucks go on strike after rejecting tentative contract dealOct 08, 2023 11:00 pm - DETROIT — Union workers at Mack Trucks went on strike Monday after voting down a tentative five-year contract agreement that negotiators had reached with the company. Th...