Nation and World
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Iran executes first known prisoner arrested in protests
Dec 08, 2022 12:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran said Thursday it executed a prisoner convicted of a crime allegedly committed during the country's ongoing nationwide protests, the fi...
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Report: Classified items found at Trump storage unit in Florida
Dec 08, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - At least two items marked as classified were found in a storage unit in West Palm Beach, Florida, after lawyers for former President Donald Trump arran...
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Scrutiny of Ukraine church draws praise, fear of overreach
Dec 08, 2022 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - After its searches of holy sites belonging to Ukraine's historic Orthodox church, the nation's security agency posted photos of evidence it recovered - i...
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FBI: Polygamous leader had 20 wives, many of them minors
Dec 07, 2022 12:00 am - FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The leader of a small polygamous group near the Arizona-Utah border had taken at least 20 wives, most of them minors, and punished followers who did n...
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Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur 'rewilding' in cities
Dec 07, 2022 12:00 am - DETROIT - In a bustling metro area of 4.3 million people, Yale University wildlife biologist Nyeema Harris ventures into isolated thickets to study Detroit's most elusiv...
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Friction over LGBTQ issues worsens in global Anglican church
Dec 07, 2022 12:00 am - Friction has long-simmered within the global Anglican Communion over its 42 provinces' sharp differences on whether to recognize same-sex marriage and ordain LGBTQ clerg...
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U.S. Jews fear collision with expected Israeli government
Dec 07, 2022 12:00 am - JERUSALEM - Israel's ties to the Jewish American community, one of its closest and most important allies, are about to be put to the test, with Israel's emerging far-rig...
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Interracial marriages to get added protection under new law
Dec 07, 2022 12:00 am - RICHMOND, Va. - One day in the 1970s, Paul Fleisher and his wife were walking through a department store parking lot when they noticed a group of people looking at them....
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Justices skeptical of elections case that could alter voting
Dec 07, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed skeptical of making a broad ruling that would leave state legislatures virtually unchecked in making rules for congres...
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Donors race to get generators, other aid to hard-hit Ukraine
Dec 07, 2022 12:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - When Russian forces launched a military campaign against infrastructure in Ukraine nearly two months ago, they opened a front that carried the war along ...