Nation and World
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Twitter says it will relax ban on political advertising
Jan 04, 2023 12:00 am - Twitter says it will ease up on its 3-year-old ban on political advertising, the latest change by Elon Musk as he tries to pump up revenue after purchasing the social me...
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Some 200,000 turn out over 3 days to view Benedict's body
Jan 04, 2023 12:00 am - VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis praised Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's "acute and gentle thought" during a Wednesday general audience in the Vatican, as tens of thousands of a...
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4 alive in 'miracle' after car plunges off California cliff
Jan 03, 2023 12:00 am - MONTARA, Calif. - A 4-year-old girl, a 9-year-old boy and two adults survived Monday after their car plunged off a Northern California cliff along the Pacific Coast High...
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German doctor jailed for illegally issuing mask exemptions
Jan 03, 2023 12:00 am - BERLIN - A German doctor was sentenced late Monday to two years and nine months in prison for illegally issuing more than 4,000 people with exemptions from wearing masks...
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South Korea: Talks with U.S. on management of nukes underway
Jan 03, 2023 12:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea confirmed Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in U.S. nuclear weapons management in the face of intensifyin...
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Idaho slayings suspect agrees to extradition to face charges
Jan 03, 2023 12:00 am - STROUDSBURG, Pa. - A criminology graduate student accused of the November slayings of four University of Idaho students agreed Tuesday to be extradited from Pennsylvania...
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Israeli ultranationalist minister visits Jerusalem holy site
Jan 03, 2023 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - An ultranationalist Israeli Cabinet minister on Tuesday visited a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site for the first time since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's...
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Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing
Jan 03, 2023 12:00 am - BONNE TERRE, Mo. - A Missouri inmate was put to death Tuesday for a 2003 killing, in what is believed to be the first execution of a transgender woman in the U.S. Amber ...
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An account of Benedict's papacy to be sealed in his coffin
Jan 03, 2023 12:00 am - VATICAN CITY - A written account of the history-making papacy of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be placed alongside his body in his coffin for burial, the Vatican said ...
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McCarthy vows to stay in speaker's race, with Trump backing
Jan 03, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said late Tuesday there's no scenario in which he'll drop his bid to become House speaker despite failing to win multiple r...