Nation and World
-
The Supreme Court upholds a gun control law intended to protect domestic violence victims
Jun 21, 2024 9:34 am - In their first Second Amendment case since they expanded gun rights in 2022, the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people under restraining orders to stay away from their spouses or partners. The justices reversed a ruling from the federal appeals court in New Orleans that had struck down the law.
-
South Korea summons Russian ambassador as tensions rise with North Korea
Jun 21, 2024 7:09 am - SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador to protest the country’s new defense pact with North Korea on Friday, as border tensions continued to ris...
-
How Biden and Trump are taking very different approaches to preparing for next week's debate
Jun 21, 2024 7:05 am - NEW YORK — President Joe Biden begins an intense period of private preparations Friday at Camp David for what may be the most consequential presidential debate in decades...
-
The Supreme Court upholds a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business interests
Jun 20, 2024 2:59 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a tax on foreign income over a challenge backed by business and anti-regulatory interests, declining their invitation to...
-
Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned ‘M.A.S.H.’ to ‘Hunger Games,’ dies at 88
Jun 20, 2024 12:39 pm - Donald Sutherland, the prolific film and television actor whose long career stretched from "M.A.S.H." to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He was 88.
-
Iran signals a major boost in nuclear program at key site
Jun 20, 2024 11:39 am - A major expansion underway inside Iran’s most heavily protected nuclear facility could soon triple the site’s production of enriched uranium and give Tehran new options f...
-
Supreme Court upholds U.S. tax on foreign business income
Jun 20, 2024 9:49 am - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a 2017 tax on American-owned businesses’ foreign profits, rejecting an appeal that could have saved companies hundreds of billions of dollar...
-
Can a marriage survive a gender transition? Yes, and even thrive. How these couples make it work
Jun 20, 2024 7:18 am - Marissa Lasoff-Santos and the person she would marry quickly fell head over heels in love. Lasoff-Santos was a gay woman. Her girlfriend was a bisexual woman — or so they...
-
Russia hammers Ukraine's power grid again and Kyiv's drones target more enemy oil depots
Jun 20, 2024 6:49 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Russia resumed its aerial pounding of Ukraine’s power grid and Kyiv’s forces again targeted Russian oil facilities with cross-border drone strikes, seekin...
-
The Ten Commandments must be displayed in Louisiana classrooms under requirement signed into law
Jun 20, 2024 6:47 am - BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by...