Nation and World
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5 migrants have died while crossing the English Channel, hours after UK approved deportation bill
Apr 23, 2024 7:54 am - PARIS — Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the Brit...
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Supreme Court considers Starbucks’ challenge to labor board’s authority
Apr 23, 2024 7:50 am - A Starbucks challenge to the National Labor Relations Board’s reinstatement of fired baristas will go before the Supreme Court on Tuesday. In 2022, Starbucks fired seven ...
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What to know in the Supreme Court case about immunity for former President Trump
Apr 23, 2024 7:17 am - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has scheduled a special session to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted over his efforts to undo his...
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Tabloid publisher says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
Apr 23, 2024 7:15 am - NEW YORK — A veteran tabloid publisher testified Tuesday that he pledged to be Donald Trump's “eyes and ears" during his 2016 presidential campaign, recounting how he pro...
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Israel’s military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Hamas attack on Oct. 7
Apr 22, 2024 6:05 pm - The head of Israeli military intelligence resigned Monday because of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, becoming the first senior figure to step down over his role in the failure to a...
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Albertsons, Kroger will sell more stores to pacify regulators
Apr 22, 2024 10:52 am - Kroger and Albertsons will sell an additional 166 stores, the supermarket giants announced Monday in an effort to appease federal antitrust regulators trying to block the...
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With homelessness on the rise, the Supreme Court will weigh bans on sleeping outdoors
Apr 22, 2024 9:18 am - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will consider Monday whether banning homeless people from sleeping outside when shelter space is lacking amounts to cruel and unusual punis...
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Aid approval brings Ukraine closer to replenishing troops struggling to hold front lines
Apr 22, 2024 8:57 am - KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian commander Oleksiy Tarasenko witnessed a frightening shift last month in Russia's efforts to punch through Kyiv’s defense of the industrial regio...
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Israeli military intelligence head resigns over Oct. 7 Hamas attack
Apr 22, 2024 8:21 am - Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva, head of the Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence department, resigned from his position and will retire, he said in a statement Monday, citing Ham...
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Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous
Apr 22, 2024 8:18 am - BEIJING — The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the sour...