Nation and World
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Mamdani and Cuomo face off as New York City chooses new mayor, while Sliwa hopes for an upset
Nov 04, 2025 6:48 am - New York City's voters are deciding the outcome of a generational and ideological divide that will resonate across the country Tuesday as they choose the next mayor to run the nation's largest city.
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Boeing may face its first civil trial seeking damages for deadly Ethiopia crash
Nov 04, 2025 6:37 am - More than six years after a Boeing 737 Max jetliner crashed in Ethiopia, the first civil trial stemming from the disaster that killed all 157 people on board the plane appears poised to move forward.
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Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84
Nov 04, 2025 6:08 am - Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.
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Trump administration is sued over student loan forgiveness changes
Nov 03, 2025 7:10 pm - In a swift rebuke of the Trump administration’s restrictions on a popular student-loan-forgiveness program for public servants, nonprofits, states, cities and unions filed two separate lawsuits Monday to challenge the changes.
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Powerful 6.3 earthquake hits northern Afghanistan, killing 20 and damaging historic Blue Mosque
Nov 03, 2025 6:36 pm - A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 640 others, as well as damaging the historic Blue Mosque, officials said.
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Israel hands over bodies of 45 Palestinians after Hamas returns the remains of 3 soldiers
Nov 03, 2025 4:14 pm - Israel handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians on Monday, the Red Cross said, a day after militants returned the remains of three hostages. Israeli officials identified the three as soldiers who were killed in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023 that triggered the war in Gaza.
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Israel rocked by scandal as top military lawyer resigns, goes missing, is found and thrown into jail
Nov 03, 2025 3:38 pm - JERUSALEM — Until last week, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was the Israeli army's top lawyer. Now she is behind bars and at the center of a scandal rocking the country...
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Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in NovemberNov 03, 2025 2:19 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP for November, after two judges issued rulings requiring the g...
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These are the US ships and aircraft massing off Venezuela
Nov 01, 2025 8:42 pm - The large-scale buildup of U.S. military forces and assets in the Caribbean suggests that the Trump administration may be preparing to expand operations in the region, escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas and raising the possibility of the first U.S. strikes on Venezuela.
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Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes
Nov 01, 2025 8:30 pm - A top Justice Department lawyer has told lawmakers that the Trump administration can continue its lethal strikes against alleged drug traffickers in Latin America — and is not bound by a decades-old law requiring Congress to give approval for ongoing hostilities.