Nation and World
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Fire rips through Iraqi wedding hall, killing around 100 in shock to Christian community
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - As they watched the bride and groom start their slow dance, Faten Youssef imagined the future wedding of her son, seated next to her at a reception ta...
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Republicans face growing urgency to stop Trump as they enter the second presidential debate
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Republicans are meeting for their second presidential debate on Wednesday as Donald Trump's top rivals seek to blunt the momentum of the former pre...
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Congress says it wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart.
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown - the Senate charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporar...
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Trump heads to Michigan to compete with Biden for union votes while his GOP challengers debate
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - DETROIT - As his Republican rivals gather onstage in California for their second primary debate, former President Donald Trump will be in battleground Michigan on Wednes...
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US Sen. Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to pocketing bribes in a wide-ranging corruption case
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to federal charges accusing him of pocketing bribes of cash and gold bars in exchange for...
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Three astronauts return to Earth after a year in space. NASA's Frank Rubio sets U.S. space record
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - A NASA astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts returned to Earth on Wednesday after being stuck in space for just over a year. American Frank Rubio set a record for the lon...
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A look at other Americans who have entered North Korea over the years
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has expelled a U.S. soldier who crossed into the country in July. Pvt. Travis King's case comes at a time of high tensions on the Korean...
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Russia accuses Ukraine's Western allies of helping attack its Black Sea Fleet headquarters
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine's Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week's missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet's headquarters on the ...
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Azerbaijan arrests the former head of separatist government after recapturing Nagorno-Karabakh
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Azerbaijan said it arrested the former head of Nagorno-Karabakh's separatist government as he tried to cross into Armenia on Wednesday along with...
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U.S. secures the release of the soldier who crossed into North Korea 2 months ago
Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. has secured the release of a U.S. soldier who sprinted across a heavily fortified border into North Korea more than two months ago, and he is on hi...