Nation and World
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Debt ceiling talks making progress, McCarthy says, as deadline nears
May 26, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - House negotiators are making progress toward an agreement with the White House to raise the nation's debt ceiling, racing to close out a deal ahead of a loo...
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Indiana doctor reprimanded, fined $3,000 for talking publicly about 10-year-old's abortion
May 26, 2023 1:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS - An Indiana board decided Thursday night to reprimand an Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about...
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Why Texas' GOP-controlled House wants to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton
May 26, 2023 1:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas - After years of legal and ethical scandals swirling around Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state's GOP-controlled House of Representativ...
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Israeli military: Palestinian man killed after stabbing attempt in West Bank settlement
May 26, 2023 1:00 am - JERUSALEM - A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Friday in the occupied West Bank after sneaking into a Jewish settlement and trying to stab a resident there, the Is...
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Legislature approves tighter restrictions on red-light camera industry
May 26, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Lawmakers in Springfield have unanimously approved a measure that would place new restrictions on the red-light and speed camera industry's involvement in ...
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Passenger opens exit door during airplane flight in South Korea; 12 people injured slightly
May 26, 2023 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - A passenger opened an emergency exit door during a plane flight in South Korea on Friday, causing air to blast inside the cabin and slightly injure ...
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Russia says its border regions attacked; Moscow's forces hit clinic in Ukrainian city
May 26, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia's southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under attack Friday from Ukrainian artillery fire, mortar shells and drones, authorities sa...
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Serbia puts troop on high alert on border with Kosovo following clashes
May 26, 2023 1:00 am - PRISTINA, Kosovo - Serbia put its troops on the border with Kosovo on the highest state of alert Friday following clashes between ethnic Serbs and Kosovo police that lef...
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Oath Keeper who stormed Capitol gets more than 8 years in prison in latest Jan. 6 sentencing
May 26, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army veteran who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a military-style formation with fellow members of the Oath Keepers was sentenced Friday to more than ei...
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Rights groups slam severe Taliban restrictions on Afghan women as 'crime against humanity'
May 26, 2023 1:00 am - ISLAMABAD - Two top rights groups on Friday slammed the severe restrictions imposed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan as gender-based persecution, which i...