Nation and World
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After 189 bodies were found in Colorado funeral home, evidence suggests families received fake ashes
Oct 20, 2023 1:00 am - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were discovered this month appears to have fabricated cremation records and may have giv...
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Airstrikes hit Gaza as Israel says it doesn't plan to control life there after destroying Hamas
Oct 20, 2023 1:00 am - KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip early Friday, hitting areas where Palestinians had been told to seek safety, and it began evacuating a siz...
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Jury selection will begin in the first trial in the Georgia election case against Trump and others
Oct 20, 2023 1:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Jury selection is set to begin Friday for the first defendant to go to trial in the Georgia case that accuses former President Donald Trump and others of ...
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House Republicans drop Jim Jordan as their nominee for speaker, falling back to square one
Oct 20, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans dropped Rep. Jim Jordan on Friday as their nominee for House speaker, making the decision during a closed-door session after the hard-edged...
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Protesters in Iraq, Indonesia, South Korea demonstrate over Israeli airstrikes
Oct 20, 2023 1:00 am - Protesters gathered at Iraq's border crossing with Jordan on Friday to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and call for an end to Israel's blockade, whil...
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Russia's foreign minister offers security talks with North Korea and China as he visits Pyongyang
Oct 19, 2023 1:00 am - Russia's foreign minister proposed regular security talks with North Korea and China to deal with what he described as increasing U.S.-led regional military threats, as ...
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Applications for U.S. jobless benefits fall to lowest level in more than 8 months
Oct 19, 2023 1:00 am - Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in eight months last week as businesses continue to retain workers despite elevated interest rates...
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Mahsa Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody, is awarded EU human rights prize
Oct 19, 2023 1:00 am - STRASBOURG, France - Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country's c...
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Chicago's top cop says using police stations as short-term migrant housing is burden for department
Oct 19, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago's new police chief said the city's use of police stations as temporary housing for the growing population of migrants seeking asylum has been a "burden" on the n...
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Fed Chair Powell: Slower economic growth may be needed to conquer stubbornly high inflation
Oct 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that inflation remains too high and that bringing it down to the Fed's target level will likely require a ...