advertisement

Log Out

Nation and World

Heat’s Rozier and Trail Blazers' Billups charged in sports betting and Mafia-backed poker schemes

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and TIM REYNOLDS
Oct 23, 2025 8:21 am - Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier are among more than 30 people charged in connection with schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by the Mafia, authorities said on Thursday.
Millions may lose food stamp benefits if shutdown continues, states warn

By Kelly Kasulis Cho
Oct 22, 2025 7:28 pm - Millions of Americans are at risk of losing food stamp benefits before the end of this month if the government shutdown continues, officials in several states have warned...
EU gives top human rights award to imprisoned journalists

By Susannah George
Oct 22, 2025 7:24 pm - The European Union gave its top human rights award Wednesday to two journalists imprisoned in their native countries of Belarus and Georgia.
As red states target abortion pills, this group aims to boost protections

By Praveena Somasundaram
Oct 22, 2025 7:19 pm - Reproductive rights advocates are working to shore up access to abortion pills nationwide — and to strengthen their defense against efforts to prosecute doctors and pharmacies supplying the medication to states where it is banned.
Immigrant rights group calls for removing pregnant women from detention

By SARA CLINE and VALERIE GONZALEZ
Oct 22, 2025 7:16 pm - Women taken into custody by U.S. immigration agents while pregnant say they received inadequate care in a letter Wednesday that calls on the Trump administration to stop holding expectant mothers in federal detention facilities.
Trump defends East Wing demolition, raises ballroom price to $300 million

By Dan Diamond and Cat Zakrzewski
Oct 22, 2025 6:48 pm - President Donald Trump on Wednesday raised the estimate of his planned White House ballroom, saying that the project would cost $300 million - up from his initial claim of $200 million - and defended the decision to tear down the East Wing amid widespread complaints.
Sheriff’s deputy got mad and fatally shot Sonya Massey without justification, prosecutor says

By JOHN O'CONNOR
Oct 22, 2025 3:41 pm - The Illinois sheriff's deputy who killed Sonya Massey in her Springfield home last year eschewed his training and the principles of policing when he shot the Black woman who had called 911 for help, a prosecutor said Wednesday in Sean Grayson's murder trial.
US strikes eighth alleged drug-carrying boat, this time in the Pacific Ocean

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN
Oct 22, 2025 3:13 pm - The U.S. military launched its eighth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing two people in the waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, marking an expansion of the Trump administration's campaign against drug trafficking in South America.
‘Our hands are tied’: Can anyone stop Trump’s tear-down of the East Wing?

By Dan Diamond, Paul Schwartzman, Jonathan Edwards
Oct 22, 2025 2:41 pm - Many preservationists fear the answer is no. A pro-Trump review board is expected to approve the president’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom, too.
Trump pick to lead federal watchdog agency withdraws after offensive text messages were revealed

By SEUNG MIN KIM and KEVIN FREKING
Oct 22, 2025 8:27 am - President Donald Trump ’s pick to lead a federal watchdog agency withdrew from consideration Tuesday evening, after his offensive text messages were made public and GOP senators revolted.

Showing 1,981-1,990 of 243,637 previous next