Nation and World
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9 teen boys escaped from a detention center in Pennsylvania. They made it a few miles
Sep 18, 2023 1:00 am - MORGANTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Nine teenagers who escaped from a detention center in Pennsylvania after overpowering staff and crawling under a fence were captured less than 12 ...
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UN warns disease outbreak in Libya's flooded east could spark 'a second devastating crisis'
Sep 18, 2023 1:00 am - DERNA, Libya - Officials warned Monday that a disease outbreak in Libya's northeast, where floods have killed thousands, could create "a second devastating crisis" as ad...
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Ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark acted within scope of official duties in Georgia case, his lawyer says
Sep 18, 2023 1:00 am - ATLANTA - Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark was acting within the scope of his official duties when he wrote a letter expressing concern about alleged pro...
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Hundreds of flying taxis to be made in Ohio, home of the Wright brothers and astronaut legends
Sep 18, 2023 1:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio - The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon be manufacturing cutting-edge electric planes that take off and la...
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Russia urges UN's top court to toss out Ukrainian case that seeks to halt Moscow's invasion
Sep 18, 2023 1:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Russia on Monday called a Ukrainian case alleging that Moscow abused the Genocide Convention to justify its invasion last year an "abuse of proc...
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Five Americans detained in Iran walk free, released in deal for frozen Iranian assets
Sep 18, 2023 1:00 am - DOHA, Qatar - Five Americans detained for years in Iran walked off a plane and into freedom Monday, most arm-in-arm, as part of a politically risky deal that saw Preside...
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Ukraine fires 6 deputy defense ministers as heavy fighting continues in the east
Sep 18, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Six Ukrainian deputy defense ministers were fired Monday following the dismissal two weeks ago of Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov in a corruption scand...
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Republican legislatures flex muscles to keep power in closely divided North Carolina and Wisconsin
Sep 18, 2023 1:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - In 2020, North Carolina seemed the model of an evenly-divided swing state. Then-President Donald Trump barely won, beating Democrat Joe Biden by jus...
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China's foreign minister holds talks in Russia after meeting with US national security adviser
Sep 18, 2023 1:00 am - MOSCOW - China's top diplomat on Monday began several days of security consultations with Russian officials following his weekend talks with U.S. President Joe Biden's n...
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Libya was mired in chaos and corruption. For years, warnings the Derna dams may burst went unheeded
Sep 18, 2023 1:00 am - CAIRO - The warnings were clear but went unheeded. Experts had long said that floods posed a significant danger to two dams meant to protect nearly 90,000 people in the ...