Nation and World
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Blinken returns to Mideast in push for hostage deal and postwar plan for Gaza, but obstacles loom
Feb 05, 2024 10:57 am - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabia's crown prince Monday at the start of his fifth visit to the Middle East since the out...
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Jury gets manslaughter case against Michigan school shooter's mother
Feb 05, 2024 10:54 am - PONTIAC, Mich. — A Michigan jury received instructions from a judge and began deliberations Monday in a novel trial against a school shooter's mother who could go to pris...
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Some Americans have become saddled with credit card debt as rent and everyday prices remain high
Feb 05, 2024 9:27 am - NEW YORK — While the U.S. economy is broadly healthy, pockets of Americans have run through their savings and run up their credit card balances after battling inflation f...
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How two sentences in the Constitution rose from obscurity to ensnare Donald TrumpFeb 05, 2024 8:55 am - DENVER — In the summer of 2020, Gerard Magliocca, like many during the coronavirus pandemic, found himself stuck inside with time on his hands. A law professor at Indiana...
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Biden's vow of affordable internet for all is threatened by the looming expiration of subsidies
Feb 05, 2024 8:51 am - LOS ANGELES — President Joe Biden recently traveled to North Carolina to promote his goal of affordable internet access for all Americans, but the promise for 23 million ...
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Historic storm sends debris through LA's Hollywood Hills and leaves 1.1 million without power
Feb 05, 2024 8:49 am - LOS ANGELES — A storm of historic proportions unleashed record levels of rain over parts of Los Angeles on Monday, sending mud and boulders down hillsides dotted with mul...
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At least 6 Kurdish fighters are killed in a drone attack on a Syrian base housing U.S. troopsFeb 05, 2024 7:27 am - BEIRUT — A drone attack on a base housing U.S. troops in eastern Syria killed six allied Kurdish fighters late Sunday, in the first significant attack in Syria or Iraq si...
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Zelenskyy signals a shake-up of Ukraine's military leadership is imminent at a critical point in war
Feb 05, 2024 7:24 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is thinking about dismissing the country's top military officer as part of a broader leadership shake-up, ...
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Pakistan's election looks more like a coronation or a sure bet. Many voters are disillusioned
Feb 05, 2024 7:21 am - ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is holding parliamentary elections this week but many voters are disillusioned and wonder if the balloting can bring any real change in a country mir...
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After U.S. strikes in Yemen, Iran issues a warning about suspected spy ships in the Mideast
Feb 04, 2024 11:32 am - JERUSALEM — Iran issued a warning Sunday to the U.S. over potentially targeting two cargo ships in the Mideast long suspected of serving as forwarding operating bases for...