WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plan to address hundreds of U.S. military officials in person Tuesday after the Pentagon suddenly asked top commanders from around […]
Suspect in Charlie Kirk assassination case faces court hearing
PROVO, Utah — The 22-year-old man charged with killing Charlie Kirk will have a court hearing Monday where he and his newly appointed legal counsel will decide whether they want […]
3 killed and 8 injured in North Carolina waterfront bar shooting
SOUTHPORT, N.C. — Three people were killed and at least eight others wounded late Saturday when someone opened fire from a boat into a crowd gathered at a waterfront bar […]
UNESCO designates 26 new biosphere reserves amid biodiversity challenges and climate change
An Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70% of the country’s plant life and an area along Angola’s Atlantic coast […]
Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting Guatemalan, Honduran children
TUCSON, Ariz. — A federal judge in Arizona on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately deporting dozens of Guatemalan and Honduran children who came to the U.S. […]
Winning numbers drawn in Wednesday’s Powerball
The winning numbers in Wednesday evening’s drawing of the “Powerball” game were: 15-31-45-49-53, Powerball: 19, Power Play: 3 (fifteen, thirty-one, forty-five, forty-nine, fifty-three, Powerball: nineteen, Power Play: three) Estimated jackpot: […]
As enrollment falls, districts mull which schools to close
Thomasina Clarke has watched school after school close in her once thriving St. Louis neighborhood, which was hit by a tornado this spring and whose population has plummeted in recent […]
US and China ‘talking past each other’ on key issues, says US lawmaker in Beijing
BEIJING — The United States and China are talking past each other on key issues, said a U.S. lawmaker leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to Beijing on Tuesday. The visit, […]
US lawmakers visiting China seek to improve military cooperation
BEIJING — The United States wants to improve military-to-military ties with China, a U.S. lawmaker leading a bipartisan congressional delegation said Monday in a meeting with China’s defense minister in […]
California bans masks for most law enforcement officers
California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from covering their faces while conducting official business under a bill that was signed Saturday […]