Nation and World
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Border, Bidens, COVID: House GOP casts wide net in probes
Feb 21, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The security at the U.S. border with Mexico. The origins of COVID-19. The treatment of parents who protest "woke" school board policies. These are amon...
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Home Depot says it will raise pay for US, Canadian workers
Feb 21, 2023 12:00 am - Home Depot said Tuesday it's investing $1 billion in wage increases for its U.S. and Canadian hourly workers. The Atlanta-based home improvement chain said every hourly ...
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EU climate czar: Putin's war accelerated green transition
Feb 21, 2023 12:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union's green transition with his war in Ukraine, with the 27-nation bloc reducing ...
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Treasury deputy: Russia sanctions are degrading its military
Feb 21, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - American and allied sanctions and export controls are constraining Russia's ability to wage war on Ukraine by degrading its military, a top Treasury Departm...
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Energy agency chief: "No excuse" for high methane emissions
Feb 21, 2023 12:00 am - MOMBASA, Kenya - The International Energy Agency on Tuesday accused fossil fuel industries of doing too little to curb methane emissions and undermining global climate g...
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Fears, questions about North Korea's growing nuclear arsenal
Feb 21, 2023 12:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's latest missile launches are a demonstration of the country's avowed ability to use nuclear force against South Korea and the mainland ...
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Inside the Trump grand jury that probed election meddling
Feb 21, 2023 12:00 am - ATLANTA - They were led down a staircase into a garage beneath a downtown Atlanta courthouse, where officers with big guns were waiting. From there, they were ushered in...
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Putin raises tension on Ukraine, suspends START nuclear pact
Feb 21, 2023 12:00 am - Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow's participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States, announcing the move Tuesday in ...
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Hong Kong pulls visa for man behind gene-edited babies claim
Feb 21, 2023 12:00 am - BEIJING - Hong Kong on Tuesday revoked a visa it granted to a Chinese scientist who set off an ethical debate five years ago with claims that he made the world's first g...
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Supreme Court weighs Google's liability in ISIS terror case
Feb 21, 2023 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - In its first case about the federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely Tuesday to side with a f...