Nation and World
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Wisconsin Republicans consider $614 million plan to fund Milwaukee Brewers stadium repairs
Oct 05, 2023 1:00 am - MADISON, Wis. - The public will get a chance to sound off Thursday on a Republican-authored plan to hand the Milwaukee Brewers more than $614 million in public funding t...
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Point of no return: Pope challenges leaders at UN talks to slow global warming before it's too late
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis shamed and challenged world leaders on Wednesday to commit to binding targets to slow climate change before it's too late, warning that God's...
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Italy launches an investigation after a bus with tourists plunges from a Venice overpass, killing 21
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - VENICE, Italy - Residents of the Italian city of Venice stopped in dismay Wednesday to pay respects to the 21 foreign tourists who were killed when an all-electric shutt...
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Federal student loan payments are starting again. Here's what you need to know
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Federal student loan borrowers will need to start making payments again this month after a three-year-plus pause due to the pandemic. You should expect a bill...
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The U.S. warns of a Chinese global disinformation campaign that could undermine peace and stability
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - For much of the world, China's Xinjiang region is notorious, a place where ethnic Uyghurs face forced labor and arbitrary detention. But a group of visiting...
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A test case of another kind for the Supreme Court: Who can sue hotels over disability access
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A few years back, Joseph Stramondo was a last-minute replacement as a conference speaker in Salt Lake City. He went online and made a reservation for a room...
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House speaker chaos stuns lawmakers, frays relationships and roils Washington
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Lawmakers who had been sitting in stunned silence gasped at the declaration: The office of speaker "is hereby declared vacant." For the first time ever, a H...
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Trump lawyers go after accountant and appeal major pretrial ruling in New York fraud case
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Warned to mind his out-of-court comments, former President Donald Trump returned to his New York civil fraud trial Wednesday as his defense lawyers closely qu...
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5 people were wounded in a shooting after a homecoming event at Morgan State University in Baltimore
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - BALTIMORE - A shooting interrupted a homecoming week celebration at Baltimore's Morgan State University on Tuesday, wounding five people and prompting an hourslong lockd...
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Prosecutor opens trial for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried saying he stole at least $10 billion
Oct 04, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - A prosecutor opened a fraud trial Wednesday by telling jurors that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was on top of the world a year ago, hobnobbing with celebriti...