Nation and World
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Russia attacks targets across Ukraine with missiles and drones as EU’s top diplomat visits KyivFeb 07, 2024 6:59 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired cruise and ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones at six regions across Ukraine on Wednesday morning, authorities reported, killing at lea...
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By disclosing his cancer, Charles breaks centuries of royal tradition. But he shares only so much
Feb 07, 2024 6:57 am - LONDON — In British history, the secrecy of the monarch's health has always reigned supreme. Buckingham Palace's disclosure that King Charles III has been diagnosed with ...
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Punishing storm finally easing off in Southern California but mudslide threat remains
Feb 07, 2024 6:40 am - LOS ANGELES — A storm that parked itself over Southern California for days, unleashing historic downpours that caused hundreds of landslides, was expected to move out of ...
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Bombings at Pakistani political offices kill at least 29 a day before parliamentary electionsFeb 07, 2024 6:34 am - QUETTA, Pakistan — Bombs ripped through two separate political offices in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 29 people and wounding more than two dozen,...
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The GOP-controlled House fails to impeach the homeland security secretary. What could come next?
Feb 07, 2024 6:32 am - WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House has failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration's handling of the U.S.-Mex...
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Jussie Smollett asks Illinois high court to hear appeal of convictions for lying about hate crime
Feb 06, 2024 3:00 pm - Actor Jussie Smollett has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to intervene in his yearslong legal battle stemming from charges that he staged a racist, homophobic attack...
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Border security and Ukraine aid collapses despite Biden’s plea for Congress to ‘show some spine’
Feb 06, 2024 1:47 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to “show some spine” and stand up to Donald Trump even as a Senate deal on border enforcement measures and Ukra...
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Jury finds Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan school shooter’s mother, guilty of manslaughterFeb 06, 2024 1:44 pm - PONTIAC, Mich. — A Michigan jury convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughter Tuesday in a first-of-its-kind trial to determine whether she had any res...
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GOP says Biden has all the power he needs to control the border. The reality is far more complicated
Feb 06, 2024 1:39 pm - WASHINGTON — Build more wall. Reinstate Trump-era immigration policies. Or simply shut down the U.S.-Mexico border. Congressional Republicans argue that President Joe Bid...
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Trump is not immune from prosecution in his 2020 election interference case, U.S. appeals court saysFeb 06, 2024 9:26 am - A federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, rejecting the former president’s claims that he is immune from prosecution.