Nation and World
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Israel kills another militant commander in Gaza as Cairo presses on with efforts to mediate truce
May 11, 2023 1:00 am - GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed a fourth militant commander on Thursday, raising the Palestinian death toll from the latest burs...
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House Republicans point to increased migration as they advance asylum restrictions, border wall
May 11, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans are seeking Thursday to pass a sweeping bill to build more U.S.-Mexico border wall and impose new restrictions on asylum seekers, cre...
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UK gives cruise missiles to Ukraine; Kyiv delays counteroffensive as it waits for more weapons
May 11, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The British government said Thursday that it sent long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine to help drive out Russia's occupying forces, an announcement...
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Why the arrest of Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan could push the country into chaos
May 11, 2023 1:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan is witnessing a wave of violence following the arrest of popular opposition leader and former Prime Minister Imran Khan on corruption charges. ...
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Suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance faces extradition to US on fraud charges
May 11, 2023 1:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's government will allow the extradition to the United States of the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee H...
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Biden ramps up pressure on House GOP in debt limit battle
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Fresh off a White House meeting with no serious breakthrough on the debt limit standoff, President Joe Biden is launching a new phase of his pressure c...
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Pritzker signs law that gives benefits to Chicago first responders disabled by COVID
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday signed a law providing full disability benefits to Chicago police officers and firefighters struck by COVID-19 before vacci...
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FDA panel backs over-the-counter birth control pill
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. ap...
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Americans likely saw little relief from inflation in April
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After steadily declining for nearly a year, consumer price data to be released Wednesday will likely show that U.S. inflation remained stubbornly high ...
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US to limit asylum at Mexico border, open 100 migration hubs
May 10, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday will begin denying asylum to migrants who show up at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying onl...