Nation and World
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Judge who blocked release of Trump report was ‘plainly’ wrong, special counsel tells appeals court
Jan 11, 2025 5:41 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to move swiftly in reversing a judge's order that had blocked the agency from releasing any part of ...
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Israel’s Netanyahu sends Mossad director to Gaza cease-fire talks in Qatar in sign of progress
Jan 11, 2025 5:29 pm - DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar...
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Charles Person, youngest of the Freedom Riders, dies at 82
Jan 11, 2025 5:23 pm - Charles Person, the youngest of the 13 original Freedom Riders, who were battered, bloodied and nearly killed as they traveled across the South in 1961, helping the civil...
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Ukraine says it captured 2 North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia
Jan 11, 2025 4:34 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...
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Powerful winter storm that dumped snow in US South maintains its icy grip
Jan 11, 2025 3:29 pm - ATLANTA — Flight cancellations piled up and officials warned of continuing dangerous roads Saturday in the wake of a winter storm that brought biting cold and wet snow to...
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Biden honors Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Jan 11, 2025 3:23 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Saturday honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the highest civilian award given by the preside...
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Firefighters race to contain Los Angeles wildfires with menacing winds forecast to return
Jan 11, 2025 3:21 pm - LOS ANGELES — Firefighters raced Saturday to cut off spreading wildfires before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward the world famous J. Paul...
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Biden levies new sanctions against Russian energy sector, but it's up to Trump whether to keep them
Jan 10, 2025 8:29 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's administration announced Friday that it's expanding sanctions against Russia's critically important energy sector, unveiling a new effo...
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Biden to deliver prime-time farewell to nation on Wednesday from Oval Office
Jan 10, 2025 8:27 pm - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will deliver a farewell address to the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, five days before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in. ...
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Putin is open to meet with Trump after inauguration, Kremlin says
Jan 10, 2025 8:19 pm - The Kremlin said Friday that President Vladimir Putin is open to a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump after he is sworn in to office on Jan. 20. Kremlin spokesman ...