Nation and World
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A tanker believed to hold sanctioned Iran oil starts offloading near Texas despite Tehran's threats
Aug 20, 2023 1:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An American-owned oil tanker long suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian crude oil began offloading its cargo near Texas late Saturday, t...
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The Netherlands and Denmark will give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, the Dutch prime minister says
Aug 20, 2023 1:00 am - EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (AP) - The Netherlands and Denmark announced Sunday they will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine, in a long-awaited announcement that Ukrainian Presid...
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As Maui rebuilds, residents reckon with tourism's role in their recovery
Aug 19, 2023 1:00 am - LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) - Long before a wind-whipped wildfire blasted through the island of Maui, tension existed between Hawaii's kamaaina, or longtime residents, and the ...
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Suspected Palestinian shooting attack at West Bank car wash kills 2 Israelis
Aug 19, 2023 1:00 am - BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) - Two Israelis were killed in a suspected Palestinian shooting attack on a car wash in a volatile stretch of the occupied West Bank o...
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Russian missile attack kills 7 in northern Ukrainian city as Zelenskyy visits NATO candidate Sweden
Aug 19, 2023 1:00 am - CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) - A missile attack in the center of a northern Ukrainian city killed seven people and wounded scores of others on Saturday, while Ukrainian Presi...
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Thousands more Mauritanians are making their way to the US, thanks to a route spread on social media
Aug 19, 2023 1:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - Aissata Sall was scrolling through WhatsApp in May when she first learned about the new route to the United States. For Ibrahima Sow, the discovery cam...
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Trump's lies tested limits of the bully pulpit. His right to say them is at core of criminal defense.
Aug 19, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Barack Obama, mindful of the urgent power of a president's words, liked to say he was guarded with his language because anything he said could send tro...
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A scramble of last-ditch diplomacy aims at finding a peaceful solution to Niger's deepening crisis
Aug 19, 2023 1:00 am - NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - A delegation from regional nations arrived in Niger Saturday afternoon in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to reach a peaceful solution with mutinous ...
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Denmark and the Netherlands say the U.S. is allowing them to give F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine
Aug 18, 2023 1:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The United States has given its approval for the Netherlands and Denmark to deliver F-16s to Ukraine, the defense ministers of those two NATO co...
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Hurricane Hilary grows off Mexico and could reach California as a very rare tropical storm
Aug 18, 2023 1:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Hurricane Hilary grew rapidly to Category 4 strength off Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday and could reach Southern California as the first tropical st...