Nation and World
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Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at age 88
Feb 09, 2024 6:33 am - TOKYO — Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Or...
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Here’s what you can expect from Super Bowl commercials this Sunday
Feb 09, 2024 6:21 am - NEW YORK — Big name advertisers will be pulling out all the stops on Super Bowl Sunday — enlisting high-profile actors, investing in dazzling special effects and, they ho...
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Biden and Trump: How the two classified documents investigations came to different endings
Feb 09, 2024 6:08 am - Classified documents were found in a damaged cardboard box in President Joe Biden's cluttered Delaware garage, near where golf clubs hung on the wall. A photo in former P...
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The race for George Santos' congressional seat could offer clues to how suburbs will vote this yearFeb 09, 2024 6:06 am - A special election in the suburbs of New York to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos could offer clues about the mindset of suburban voters everywhere as 2024 ele...
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Donald Trump wins Nevada’s Republican caucuses after being the only major candidate to participate
Feb 09, 2024 6:02 am - LAS VEGAS — Former President Donald Trump won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses Thursday after he was the only major candidate to compete, winning his third strai...
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AI-generated voices in robocalls can deceive voters. The FCC just made them illegal
Feb 08, 2024 12:31 pm - NEW YORK — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday outlawed robocalls that contain voices generated by artificial intelligence, a decision that sends a clear me...
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The Senate votes to begin working on a last-ditch effort to approve funds for Ukraine and Israel
Feb 08, 2024 12:28 pm - WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday voted to begin work on a package of wartime funding for Ukraine and other U.S. allies, but doubts remained about support from Republic...
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Biden angrily pushes back at special counsel's report that questioned his memory, handling of docsFeb 08, 2024 12:15 pm - A special counsel report released Thursday found evidence that President Joe Biden willfully retained and shared highly classified information when he was a private citizen, including about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan, but concluded that criminal charges were not warranted.
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy tells top general it's time for someone new to lead the armyFeb 08, 2024 10:50 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Ukraine’s top general on Friday and told him it’s time for someone new to lead the army. In a post on X, ...
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Biden determined to use stunning Trump-backed collapse of border deal as a weapon in 2024 campaign
Feb 08, 2024 8:51 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — How it began: President Joe Biden was urgently seeking more money from Congress to aid Ukraine and Israel. He took a gamble by seizing on GOP demands to...