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Judge sets April trial for 3 former officers charged with murder in Tyre Nichols’ beating

November 15, 2024, 8:28am Nation & World

Three former Memphis police officers charged with murder in the beating of Tyre Nichols will go on trial in April, a judge decided Friday. Read story

Jose Ibarra listens through an interpreter during a hearing of the killing of a Georgia nursing student at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Athens, Ga.

Trial to begin for the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

Jose Ibarra listens through an interpreter during a hearing of the killing of a Georgia nursing student at Athens-Clarke County Superior Court, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in Athens, Ga.

November 15, 2024, 8:28am Nation & World

Opening statements are expected Friday in the trial of the man accused of killing a Georgia nursing student, in a case that helped fan the immigration debate during the last election cycle. Read story

FILE - From left; Celia Cruz, Ricky Martin and Gloria Estefan perform during the opening number of the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, in Los Angeles, Sept. 13, 2000.

Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 wins album of the year at the 2024 Latin Grammys, a 25th anniversary party

FILE - From left; Celia Cruz, Ricky Martin and Gloria Estefan perform during the opening number of the inaugural Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, in Los Angeles, Sept. 13, 2000.

November 15, 2024, 8:27am Entertainment

Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 took home the album of the year trophy at the 2024 Latin Grammy Awards for his “Radio Güira,” not long after receiving record of the year for “Mambo 23.” Read story

Workers inspect a train station after an outdoor roof collapsed o Friday,  in Novi Sad, Serbia, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.

A silent protest in Serbia demands accountability for a roof collapse that killed 14

Workers inspect a train station after an outdoor roof collapsed o Friday,  in Novi Sad, Serbia, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024.

November 15, 2024, 8:06am Nation & World

Residents in northern Serbia stopped traffic and stood in silence Friday to commemorate the 14 victims of a railway roof collapse two weeks ago and demand accountability for the tragedy. Read story

Activists participate in a demonstration against wars and fossil fuels at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Frustration grows at fossil fuel influence and structure of UN climate talks. Some call for reform

Activists participate in a demonstration against wars and fossil fuels at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

November 15, 2024, 8:05am Nation & World

Good or bad, the United Nations climate negotiations process itself became the focus of the international talks that aim to curb warming from coal, oil and natural gas. Read story

U.S. President Joe Biden deplanes in Lima, Peru, to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.

APEC leaders to open Lima summit as Trump prepares to return to office

U.S. President Joe Biden deplanes in Lima, Peru, to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, in Lima, Peru, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.

November 15, 2024, 8:03am Nation & World

Representatives from 21 members representing the Pacific Rim are meeting in Peru on Friday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, the first global summit since U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s victory featuring several major world leaders. Read story

A bomb dropped from an Israeli jet hits a building in Tayouneh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.

Lebanon’s prime minister asks Iran to help secure a cease-fire in Israel-Hezbollah war

A bomb dropped from an Israeli jet hits a building in Tayouneh, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024.

November 15, 2024, 8:02am Nation & World

Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister on Friday asked Iran to help secure a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah and appeared to urge it to convince the militant group to agree to a deal that could require it to pull back from the Israel-Lebanon border. Read story

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol answers a reporters&rsquo; question during a news conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.

Biden to meet South Korean and Japanese leaders amid growing worries about North Korea

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol answers a reporters&rsquo; question during a news conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024.

November 15, 2024, 8:00am Nation & World

President Joe Biden is gathering South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for talks Friday amid heightened concerns about North Korea’s growing military partnership with Russia and Pyongyang’s stepped-up cadence of ballistic missile tests. Read story

Typhoon Usagi wreaks more damage and misery in Philippines as yet another storm looms

November 15, 2024, 7:59am Nation & World

Typhoon Usagi swamped rural villages in floods, knocked down power and displaced thousands more people before blowing away on Friday from the northern Philippines, which has now been pounded by five major storms in less than a month. Read story

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Milwaukee.

Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Milwaukee.

November 14, 2024, 2:53pm Health

President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him in charge of a massive agency that oversees everything from drug, vaccine and food safety to medical research and the social safety net programs Medicare and Medicaid. Read story